Save Windermere says its complaint against United Utilities is the first of its kind in the UK.
ShareA council has been asked to investigate sewage discharges into Windermere, with campaigners claiming it constitutes a "nuisance" under environmental laws.
Save Windermere alleged more than 100 incidences of sewage being discharged into and around the river Rothay in Ambleside over a 13-month period amounted to a statutory nuisance.illegal early spills of untreated sewage Campaigners pointed to Section 79 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, which said that a statutory nuisance could occur from "accumulations or deposits", which would stand due to the accumulations of suspended solids in untreated sewage, Save Windermere said.
"Total phosphorus in Windermere has reduced by 30% as a direct result of that investment," a spokesperson said.
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