Documents from United Utilities showed that a fault at a pumping station in Bowness-on-Windermere left sewage being illegally pumped into the famous lake for 10 hours in February
A fresh row has broken out of over the state of England’s waters as the bathing season starts, following reports millions of litres of raw sewage were pumped into Windermere.
It found there were 68,481 incidents of sewage released into England’s seas last year, totalling 440,446 hours. More than a quarter of these, some 117,584 hours over 21,213 spills, were within 1.9 miles of a bathing spot, the assessment found. And Liberal Democrat environment spokesperson Tim Farron said: “This is a scandal. We can’t let them get away with this any longer. The public are rightly furious that their favourite local rivers and lakes are being spoiled while water company bosses accept huge bonuses.”
For its analysis, Friends of the Earth identified all sewage outflows in coastal or estuary waters, or within 500 metres of the sea, to analyse the number and duration of spills into the water in 2023. The campaign group also used the location of coastal bathing waters to summarise sewage spills within the vicinity of beaches, and identified all swimming spots which had warnings not to swim due to pollution or for reduced water quality in 2023, to see where was being most affected.
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