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EXPLAINED: Save windermere - The Real Truth

United Utilities underspent £52m on vital work to reduce sewage pollution, FoI reveals

Privatised water company criticised over efforts to connect private septic tanks to mains and cut pollution

The Guardian - UK

Clean water campaigners claim victory in Windermere sewage case

United Utilities has dropped legal fight to block access to data on the discharge of treated sewage in Lake District

The Guardian - UK

United Utilities refuses to hand over data on sewage discharges into Windermere

Water company claims information is not in the public interest despite widespread pollution of UK waters

The Guardian - UK

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‘It’s a national disgrace’: fury at sewage-filled Windermere over toxic algae and dead fish

Campaigners blame United Utilities for blighting famous lake with raw effluent

The Guardian - UK

Calls for failing English water firms to be taken over using special administration

Government urged to use power to control companies such as Thames Water and reform the industry

The Guardian - UK

Lake District sewage campaigners launch nuisance complaint in legal first

Statutory nuisance complaint lodged by Save Windermere against United Utilities is a first over sewage pollution

The Guardian - UK

Protect Windermere from sewage, campaigners urge UK party leaders

Open letter signed by naturalist Chris Packham and comedian Paul Whitehouse says pollution is degrading lake

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Huge loss of invertebrates detected in stream feeding into Windermere

Campaigners say 76% decline in riverfly species’ abundance at Cunsey Beck is being caused by sewage discharges

The Guardian - UK

Environment Agency failed to find cause of toxic pollution near Windermere

Exclusive: Report finds agency did not properly investigate event that killed hundreds of fish in Cunsey Beck in 2022

The Guardian - UK

Sewage in Windermere is killing 'crown jewel of the Lake District', says campaigner

Steve Coogan, Joe Lycett, Lee Mack and Paul Whitehouse have allied with Save Windermere to protect the World Heritage Site. Founder and Cumbrian zoologist Matt Staniek says the lake is under threat

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