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Realtime pollution alerts needed on Windermere, campaigners say after boy nearly dies https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/mar/16/realtime-pollution-alerts-windermere-campaigners-say-boy-nearly-dies #LakeDistrict #Pollution #Water #WaterIndustry #Swimming #Environment #UkNews #UnitedUtilities

Realtime pollution alerts needed on Windermere, campaigners say after boy nearly dies https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/mar/16/realtime-pollution-alerts-windermere-campaigners-say-boy-nearly-dies #LakeDistrict #Pollution #Water #WaterIndustry #Swimming #Environment #UkNews #UnitedUtilities

Realtime pollution alerts needed on Windermere, campaigners say after boy nearly dies https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/mar/16/realtime-pollution-alerts-windermere-campaigners-say-boy-nearly-dies #LakeDistrict #Pollution #Water #WaterIndustry #Swimming #Environment #UkNews #UnitedUtilities

Realtime pollution alerts needed on Windermere, campaigners say after boy nearly dies https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/mar/16/realtime-pollution-alerts-windermere-campaigners-say-boy-nearly-dies #LakeDistrict #Pollution #Water #WaterIndustry #Swimming #Environment #UkNews #UnitedUtilities

Martin Lewis urges households to act 'right now' to save on bills

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/martin-lewis-urges-households-act-33388035

Dovestone path to close for nearly two weeks due to maintenance works

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/dovestone-path-close-nearly-two-33139697

Bonuses banned for 10 English water bosses over sewage pollution https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jun/05/bonuses-banned-for-10-english-water-bosses-over-sewage-pollution #Executivepayandbonuses #Corporategovernance #UnitedUtilities #Waterindustry #ThamesWater #Environment #SteveReed #Pollution #Utilities #Business #Politics #England #UKnews #Water

#Sewage dumped illegally in #Windermere over 3 years

by Joe Crowley
October 17, 2024

"A water company repeatedly dumped millions of litres of raw sewage illegally into one of #ngland's most famous lakes over a three-year period, the BBC can reveal.

"More than 140 million litres of waste were pumped into Windermere between 2021 and 2023 at times when it was not permitted, our analysis shows, and #UnitedUtilities failed to report most of it.

"It means the company's #IllegalDumping of #sewage into the lake went on for far longer, and was far more extensive, than was previously known.

"United Utilities said some of its sewage releases into #Windermere were 'potentially non-compliant' but that it #SelfReports 'over 94% of potential pollution incidents to the #EnvironmentAgency'.

"Matt Staniek, a campaigner against sewage pollution and founder of #SaveWindermere, said Windermere was 'the jewel in the crown of the #LakeDistrict #NationalPark, and it's being used as an open sewer'.

"It is sometimes necessary to release sewage into rivers and lakes to stop the wastewater system from being overwhelmed by #HeavyRain but this #pollution can damage the environment, causing harmful #AlgalBlooms and even killing fish.

"In January this year - after BBC Panorama revealed the company had downplayed the severity of dozens of #pollution incidents, some involving Windermere - United Utilities retrospectively reported some discharges into the lake from October 2023 onwards."

Read more:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdrj70dynk1o

#WaterIsLife #SelfReportingCompanies #Crapitalism #FishKill #IllegalDumping #UK

#Sewage dumped illegally in #Windermere over 3 years

by Joe Crowley
October 17, 2024

"A water company repeatedly dumped millions of litres of raw sewage illegally into one of #ngland's most famous lakes over a three-year period, the BBC can reveal.

"More than 140 million litres of waste were pumped into Windermere between 2021 and 2023 at times when it was not permitted, our analysis shows, and #UnitedUtilities failed to report most of it.

"It means the company's #IllegalDumping of #sewage into the lake went on for far longer, and was far more extensive, than was previously known.

"United Utilities said some of its sewage releases into #Windermere were 'potentially non-compliant' but that it #SelfReports 'over 94% of potential pollution incidents to the #EnvironmentAgency'.

"Matt Staniek, a campaigner against sewage pollution and founder of #SaveWindermere, said Windermere was 'the jewel in the crown of the #LakeDistrict #NationalPark, and it's being used as an open sewer'.

"It is sometimes necessary to release sewage into rivers and lakes to stop the wastewater system from being overwhelmed by #HeavyRain but this #pollution can damage the environment, causing harmful #AlgalBlooms and even killing fish.

"In January this year - after BBC Panorama revealed the company had downplayed the severity of dozens of #pollution incidents, some involving Windermere - United Utilities retrospectively reported some discharges into the lake from October 2023 onwards."

Read more:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdrj70dynk1o

#WaterIsLife #SelfReportingCompanies #Crapitalism #FishKill #IllegalDumping #UK

#Sewage dumped illegally in #Windermere over 3 years

by Joe Crowley
October 17, 2024

"A water company repeatedly dumped millions of litres of raw sewage illegally into one of #ngland's most famous lakes over a three-year period, the BBC can reveal.

"More than 140 million litres of waste were pumped into Windermere between 2021 and 2023 at times when it was not permitted, our analysis shows, and #UnitedUtilities failed to report most of it.

"It means the company's #IllegalDumping of #sewage into the lake went on for far longer, and was far more extensive, than was previously known.

"United Utilities said some of its sewage releases into #Windermere were 'potentially non-compliant' but that it #SelfReports 'over 94% of potential pollution incidents to the #EnvironmentAgency'.

"Matt Staniek, a campaigner against sewage pollution and founder of #SaveWindermere, said Windermere was 'the jewel in the crown of the #LakeDistrict #NationalPark, and it's being used as an open sewer'.

"It is sometimes necessary to release sewage into rivers and lakes to stop the wastewater system from being overwhelmed by #HeavyRain but this #pollution can damage the environment, causing harmful #AlgalBlooms and even killing fish.

"In January this year - after BBC Panorama revealed the company had downplayed the severity of dozens of #pollution incidents, some involving Windermere - United Utilities retrospectively reported some discharges into the lake from October 2023 onwards."

Read more:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdrj70dynk1o

#WaterIsLife #SelfReportingCompanies #Crapitalism #FishKill #IllegalDumping #UK

#Sewage dumped illegally in #Windermere over 3 years

by Joe Crowley
October 17, 2024

"A water company repeatedly dumped millions of litres of raw sewage illegally into one of #ngland's most famous lakes over a three-year period, the BBC can reveal.

"More than 140 million litres of waste were pumped into Windermere between 2021 and 2023 at times when it was not permitted, our analysis shows, and #UnitedUtilities failed to report most of it.

"It means the company's #IllegalDumping of #sewage into the lake went on for far longer, and was far more extensive, than was previously known.

"United Utilities said some of its sewage releases into #Windermere were 'potentially non-compliant' but that it #SelfReports 'over 94% of potential pollution incidents to the #EnvironmentAgency'.

"Matt Staniek, a campaigner against sewage pollution and founder of #SaveWindermere, said Windermere was 'the jewel in the crown of the #LakeDistrict #NationalPark, and it's being used as an open sewer'.

"It is sometimes necessary to release sewage into rivers and lakes to stop the wastewater system from being overwhelmed by #HeavyRain but this #pollution can damage the environment, causing harmful #AlgalBlooms and even killing fish.

"In January this year - after BBC Panorama revealed the company had downplayed the severity of dozens of #pollution incidents, some involving Windermere - United Utilities retrospectively reported some discharges into the lake from October 2023 onwards."

Read more:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdrj70dynk1o

#WaterIsLife #SelfReportingCompanies #Crapitalism #FishKill #IllegalDumping #UK

#Sewage dumped illegally in #Windermere over 3 years

by Joe Crowley
October 17, 2024

"A water company repeatedly dumped millions of litres of raw sewage illegally into one of #ngland's most famous lakes over a three-year period, the BBC can reveal.

"More than 140 million litres of waste were pumped into Windermere between 2021 and 2023 at times when it was not permitted, our analysis shows, and #UnitedUtilities failed to report most of it.

"It means the company's #IllegalDumping of #sewage into the lake went on for far longer, and was far more extensive, than was previously known.

"United Utilities said some of its sewage releases into #Windermere were 'potentially non-compliant' but that it #SelfReports 'over 94% of potential pollution incidents to the #EnvironmentAgency'.

"Matt Staniek, a campaigner against sewage pollution and founder of #SaveWindermere, said Windermere was 'the jewel in the crown of the #LakeDistrict #NationalPark, and it's being used as an open sewer'.

"It is sometimes necessary to release sewage into rivers and lakes to stop the wastewater system from being overwhelmed by #HeavyRain but this #pollution can damage the environment, causing harmful #AlgalBlooms and even killing fish.

"In January this year - after BBC Panorama revealed the company had downplayed the severity of dozens of #pollution incidents, some involving Windermere - United Utilities retrospectively reported some discharges into the lake from October 2023 onwards."

Read more:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdrj70dynk1o

#WaterIsLife #SelfReportingCompanies #Crapitalism #FishKill #IllegalDumping #UK

Top-rated UK [#England] #WaterFirms ‘dumped 1,374 illegal spills into rivers’

Exclusive: #UnitedUtilities and #SevernTrent had four-star environment ranking but discharges breached permits, campaign group says
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/13/top-rated-uk-water-firms-dumped-1374-spills-into-rivers
#ToryLegacy #OfWat #ShittyOldEngland

Top-rated UK water firms ‘dumped 1,374 illegal spills into rivers’ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/13/top-rated-uk-water-firms-dumped-1374-spills-into-rivers #EnvironmentAgency #UnitedUtilities #Environment #SevernTrent #Utilities #Pollution #Business #UKnews #Rivers #Water

#Labour used “economically illiterate” analysis paid for by #water companies to argue against nationalisation of the sector in #England

Official letter sent to anti-sewage groups, civil servants cited a paper by the #SocialMarketFoundation as reason to avoid nationalisation. The report from 2018 was commissioned by #UnitedUtilities, #AnglianWater, #SevernTrent and #SouthWestWater.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/sep/29/labour-water-industry-analysis-argue-against-nationalisation

#corruption #privatisation #LabourCorruption #CorporateGreed

Labour used water industry analysis to argue against nationalisation https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/sep/29/labour-water-industry-analysis-argue-against-nationalisation #UnitedUtilities #Waterindustry #Environment #ThamesWater #SevernTrent #Utilities #Pollution #SteveReed #Business #Politics #Labour #UKnews #Rivers #Water

Sewage-spilling English water firms could be denied ‘top marks’ in rankings https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/aug/20/sewage-spilling-english-water-firms-denied-top-marks-rankings #Executivepayandbonuses #EnvironmentAgency #UnitedUtilities #Waterindustry #SevernTrent #Environment #Pollution #Utilities #Business #England #UKnews #Water

Information commissioner urges water firms to ‘be open’ about sewage spills https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/jul/15/water-companies-sewage-discharges-information-commissioner-uk #Informationcommissioner #NorthumbrianWater #UnitedUtilities #Waterindustry #SevernTrent #Environment #Pollution #Utilities #Business #England #Rivers #UKnews

Untreated #sewage illegally pumped into #WindermereLake

by Joe Crowley
May 15, 2024

"Millions of litres of #RawSewage were illegally pumped into one of England's most famous lakes after a fault, the BBC can reveal.

"#UnitedUtilities failed to stop the illegal #pollution of Windermere, in the #LakeDistrict, for 10 hours in February and did not report the incident to the Environment Agency until 13 hours after it started.

"An almost identical incident occurred at the same location in 2022.

"The firm says it took urgent steps to resolve the incident in February.

"A pumping station in Bowness-on-Windermere, in Cumbria, normally sends sewage to Windermere Wastewater Treatment Works.

"But United Utilities documents, obtained by the BBC, show how a telecoms fault on the night of 28 February caused the main pumps to stop.

"A separate set of emergency pumps then discharged untreated sewage into the middle of Windermere, which is part of a Unesco World Heritage site.

"It is England's largest lake and one of the country's most popular natural attractions."

Read more:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cv266nqq48xo

#WaterIsLife #Pollution

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Ofwat accused of ‘meaningless gesture’ after reducing Thames Water penalty | Water industry | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/nov/14/thames-water-underperformance-penalty-ofwat-regulator

#ThamesWater
#Ofwat
#Fine
#Underperformance
#HenleyMermaidsWildSwimmingGroup
#Leaks
#Sewage
#CostOfLivingCrisis
#Rivers
#SouthernWater
#DwrCymru
#WelshWater
#AnglianWater
#SevernTrent
#UnitedUtilities

More raw sewage released into the sea

https://venera.social/display/85a863ed-4364-8878-c70a-25b742128805