United Utilities have denied all responsibility for the 'raw sewage' spotted in the River Mersey last month.
The water company have blamed the pollution on a temporary caravan site and a factory illegally dumping waste into the water. A statement came after grotesque videos and images emerged of lumps of waste floating in the water at Otterspool on the weekend of August 27 and 28.
Further pollution was also reported downstream at Widnes. At the time, United Utilities, which manages region's water, insisted it was not responsible for the sewage and said 'a third party in the Otterspool area' was to blame.
