Waters, C.N.; Price, S.J.; Davies, J.; Tye, A.M.; Brown, S.E.; Schofield, D.I.. 2005 Urban geology of Swansea: Neath : Port Talbot. In: Bassett, Michael G.; Deisler, Valerie K.; Nicol, Douglas, (eds.) Urban geology in Wales : 2. Cardiff, UK, National Museum of Wales, 7-22.
The conurbation of Swansea–Neath–Port Talbot is one of the main centres of
industrial development in South Wales. A long history of mineral extraction and
processing, which stoked the initial growth of the towns, declined during the 20th
Century. Many of these former industries have left a legacy of groundwater, watercourse
and land contamination.
A project funded by the Environment & Hazards Directorate (British Geological
Survey) between 2000-2005 used available geological data to determine potential
areas of contaminated land and understand the influence of the geology to pollutant
pathways (Waters et al., In press a). The study covered 100 km2 of the Swansea-
Neath-Port Talbot area (Fig. 2.1) and was aimed at providing data relevant to
contaminated land issues, to augment the study by Arup (1997) on earth science
information relevant to planning and development for the Swansea-Llanelli district,
and look at new methodologies of presenting the data.
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