Sewage and Secrets: How Campaign To End Sewage Dumping Brought Investigations Into 6 Major UK Water Companies

Sewage and Secrets: How Campaign To End Sewage Dumping Brought Investigations Into 6 Major UK Water Companies

For over 5 years, the Save Windermere campaign has been gaining traction in the fight against illegal sewage dumping by United Utilities into Lake Windermere, England's longest lake. The campaign began in response to over 7,000 hours of untreated sewage flowing into Windermere in 2020. This allowed local zoologist Matt Staniek to fuel a campaign that would be picked up by local, then national news outlets to highlight a crisis affecting the UK's…