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Tourist influx turns Lake Windermere green, researchers say
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Tourist influx turns Lake Windermere green, researchers say

[ad_1] Matt Staniek from the Save Windermere campaign, says treated sewage from places like the Langdale Wastewater Treatment Plant are part of the problem. It has a permit to emit more than 1m litres a day of treated effluent into the River Brathay, which feeds into Lake Windermere. There are other similar outflows around the...

Clean Water Alliance: Sports urge government water pollution action
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Clean Water Alliance: Sports urge government water pollution action

[ad_1] The Alliance wants regulators to be funded adequately to monitor, investigate and hold polluters to account, while it is also asking for accurate access to real-time water quality information all year round. It also wants a change from ‘bathing waters’ to ‘recreation waters’ within government policy to recognise the wide range of activities that...