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Water firm allowed to pour sewage in Windermere using permit from 1989 (inews.co.uk)

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A water company is releasing sewage into a stream connected to Lake Windermere using a permit that has not been updated in more than 30 years.

The permit, which allows United Utilities to release waste into the national park site, is “unfit for purpose” and contributes to high levels of pollution and biodiversity decline in the area, according to campaigners.

The sewage being released has been treated, but campaigners say the “primitive” treatment methods at the site mean the wastewater is still harmful to the environment.

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[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 4 points 2 months ago

And why is there more flow now than the plant is designed to handle?

Could it be because they've been taking our money for the last 35 years and giving it to shareholders instead of improving the infrastructure?

Water was a stupid thing to privatise. Even more so than the trains. It needs renationalising.