Campaigners say analysis shows illegal sewage spills in Lake Windermere reach record levels

Campaigners say analysis shows illegal sewage spills in Lake Windermere reach record levels

Campaigners want water company United Utilities to be taken to court over sewage spills in Lake Windermere.

Windermere polluters ‘must be prosecuted’ for illegal sewage spills

Campaigners want United Utilities to be taken to court over what they say were 140 days of illegal releases in the lake last year, the highest amount since 2020

Record number of illegal sewage spills in Windermere last year

Campaigners identified 140 illegal spill days into the beauty spot in 2024

Campaigners Say Analysis Shows Illegal Sewage Spills In Lake Windermere Reach Record Levels - Great Yorkshire Radio

They looked at official data released by United Utilities to identify times the water company had released untreated sewage into England’s longest lake, when legally it should have been treating some of it. The Save Windermere and Windrush Against Sewage Pollution (WASP) groups counted 140 days of what they deemed illegal spills in 2024 across six sites on the lake. This was more than the previous record of 110 days in 2023, and higher than in a…