Campaigners accused of ‘scaremongering’ despite tests of algal bloom in lake exceeding WHO guidelines
s dawn broke over Windermere on Tuesday, Pete Kelly set off in his kayak from the north shore of England’s biggest natural lake, armed with three test tubes. The water did not look tremendously inviting, a film of luminous green algae lapping up on the shingle beach at Waterhead. You should have seen it last week before the rains came, he said: “All of the water up this end was really dense and green.
Fearful that bad publicity will deter visitors, some tourism businesses around Windermere play down the grim state of the lake, dismissing claims of the lake’s death as “scaremongering”. Tell them the Italians would never allow Lake Como to be so abused and they will wave you away with an eyeroll. The same is not true of Kelly’s clients. He has little time for the local water company, United Utilities, which insists its “pollution performance” is “industry leading”. It says it has reduced overall pollution by a third in the last few years, with the effluent better quality than ever after a £40m investment to reduce phosphate levels.– is still allowed to pump thousands of litres of untreated sewage into Windermere every time it rains and its storage tanks become overwhelmed.
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