BBCNEWS BBC News October 17, 2021 19:27:00
I have seen dead fish floating down the river past me. it is in a very dire state and it will only get worse. algal blooms come and go, but they are appearing more frequently and they can be very harmful to humans and animals. there are two many main sources of sewage entering windermere. one is from the waste treatment site, and that comes in when we have rain. they call it their storm overflow system. and the other is from septic tanks. there are over 1,500 septic tanks that are around windermere itself and there is no regulation keeping these in check. last year, the sewage treatment plant ...