It is the eighth day of untreated sewage being discharged into Windermere.
Singer and clean water campaigner Feargal Sharkey has criticised a water company after untreated sewage was continually discharged into a lake for eight days.discharging into sites that flow into WindermereThe water company said overflows were "designed to operate during heavy rainfall, like that seen in the Lake District over recent days" - something which is only supposed to occur in "exceptional circumstances", according to regulator Ofwat.
The Environment Agency said it was aware the practice was seen as "controversial" but it "must operate within the current law and storm overflows can be allowed in certain circumstances of heavy rain". United Utilities said it "understands and share people's concerns about this issue" and had invested "hundreds of millions of pounds" to reduce the number of spills.
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