Having said that, 2023 was a bad year for overflows on combined systems because of the exceptionally stormy weather at certain point.
Activism around watercourse pollution has surged in the last few years as the government ordered the installation of monitoring equipment on sewage outflows so we are all much more aware of it. But contrary to the popular narrative watercourse pollution has actually got a lot better in the last few decades.
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Key pollutants in Lake Windermere have actually been declining since the 1990s, though not as fast as many other areas in England.
https://environmentagency.blog.gov.uk/2024/05/24/environment-agency-explains-that-pollution-in-windermere-is-reducing-but-more-needs-to-be-done-to-tackle-all-sources-of-pollution-not-just-sewage/
Having said that, 2023 was a bad year for overflows on combined systems because of the exceptionally stormy weather at certain point.
Activism around watercourse pollution has surged in the last few years as the government ordered the installation of monitoring equipment on sewage outflows so we are all much more aware of it. But contrary to the popular narrative watercourse pollution has actually got a lot better in the last few decades.