CBy William and Wardworth, Winerir has long embodied the eternal natural beauty Lake areaWith millions of tourists belonging to the beaches that inspired the poet. But Lake England today is the remaining nineteenth century: its waters are no longer clear, but it changed the algae and its wildlife that pollution glimpses, in a symbol, critics say, everything that is wrong in the specialized water industry.
This month, the Minister of Environment, Steve Reed, pledged to separate from the recent past, and to stand on his beaches and Work is “Windermer”. The lake shows the effect of wastewater pollution from United UK and increased pressure from the high temperature caused by climate change.
Reed’s promise was welcomed as a historic moment by Matt Stannik, campaign Who brought the plight of the lake to almost national awareness. But Staniek, which formed the Save Windermere group, added that it was just the start of the mission to save the lake.
He said he wants to see an end to the release of wastewater in Windermer, something that was achieved elsewhere in the world, including in Annecy Lake and Geneva Lake.
The difficulty of that task was exposed Official numbers issued by the Environment Agency Thursday. They reveal that Windermer was the land of dumping for 6327 hours of raw wastewater drainage of six therapeutic work for the United States in 2024.
The Guardian analysis during the past five years of raw sewage versions reveals more than 32,000 hours of unspecified waste at the UNESCO World Heritage website.
The lake is almost completely closed, and its water moves slowly to the point that one drop of water takes nine months to go from the northern side of Windermerre to the south. It is also subject to drainage From 1900 special sewage tanks and from the surface hygiene of agriculturalBut the pollution of wastewater is the most important contributor to the entry of phosphorous into the lake, which causes more frequent algae flowers, which reduces dissolved oxygen levels and harms water quality and water life, In some cases, he leads them to extinction.
In 2022, an incident of the first category, the most dangerous, killed group fish In Conney BeckSite of special scientific attention, which feeds on Windermere.
Four years after the start of his campaign, Stannik succeeded in putting her ordeal at the inventory of the inbox in the Minister of Environment. But raw wastewater is still flowing into the lake.
“The issuance of today’s data reveals the true extent of the exploitation of the largest lake in England,” he said. “The nation is watching what happens to the Lake of People, and they want to see a protected – both at the present time and for future generations. We want to see a legal binding commitment that will eliminate the drainage of wastewater to Windermerre once and for all. We want to turn aspiration into action.”
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UNITIDIES said Thursday’s data showed a 28 % – 2,460 hours less than the drainage of raw wastewater to Windermere.
The company referred to the assignment last August by 2.6 million liters of storage in Ambleside and Windermeree sewage plants; The equivalent of slightly more than the Olympic pool.
“We are committed to playing our role in improving water quality in the water gatherings. We are already with the provision of 200 million pounds of investment to ensure our dealings with wastewater with higher standards, as well as a large reduction in the six storm storm flows preceding the lake in the lake,” said Matt Hemenags, Director General of Operations at UTILITIES.
“The government’s declaration views a long -term plan for rain only that enters Windermere and we will work with other partners concerned to support this.”
