Illegal Sewage Dumping in Windermere

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Lake Windermere

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Sewage illegally dumped into Windermere repeatedly over 3 years, BBC finds

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More than 140 million litres of waste pumped into Windermere between 2021 and 2023 .

Water company United Utilities failed to report most of the pollution to the Environment Agency .

Campaigners say the company is either incompetent or under-resourced and incompetent.

Campaigner Matt Staniek said the company's treatment of the lake was 'totally outrageous'.

BBC calculated illegal discharges could account for 24 extra pollution incidents.

United Utilities only finally reported most of the other discharges earlier this month after being approached by the BBC and following a request from the Environment Agency .

The company has "implemented system changes to prevent a reoccurrence", a spokesperson said.

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