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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Jon Ungoed-Thomas

Clean water campaigners claim victory in Windermere sewage case

The shores of Lake Windermere. United Utilities  pumped 140m litres of waste into the lake in three years.
United Utilities pumped 140m litres of waste into Windermere in three years. Photograph: Richard Saker/The Observer

The water company United Utilities has conceded defeat in its legal battle to block public access to data on treated sewage it is discharging into Windermere in the Lake District.

Company officials initially claimed that data from phosphorus monitors at a main sewage treatment works at the lake was not environmental information. The company also wanted to block access to data from Cunsey Beck, a site of special scientific interest, which flows into Windermere.

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