A water quality campaigner says underinvestment in the sewer network is now threatening whether new development is possible around Windermere.

Proposals to transform a former water testing laboratory on the shores of Windermere near Far Sawrey into a new hotel have received more than 900 local objections, due to concerns over the local water treatment site's 'incapacity' to deal with the current amount of sewage.

A water company has been slammed after it has been pumping raw sewage into Windermere in the Lake District for eight days, with Irish singer Feargal Sharkey blaming water companies 'greed, profiteering, financial engineering and regulatory incompetence'.

Raw sewage has been spilling in waters feeding Windermere for more than a week in an incident blamed by campaigners on water industry greed.

A water company has pumped untreated sewage into England’s largest lake for eight consecutive days.

Storm overflows at two water treatment plants have continuously discharged into sites that flow into Windermere, in the Lake District, since Aug 22.

Singer and clean water campaigner Feargal Sharkey has criticised a water company after untreated sewage was continually discharged into a lake for eight days.

Untreated sewage was continuously discharged into a Site of Special Scientific Interest for seven days.

Storm overflows at two water treatment plants in Cumbria have been discharging into sites that flow into Windermere since last Thursday, United Utilities figures show.

Matt Staniek cannot stop thinking about sewage. The director of the Save Windermere campaign has been working for three years to prevent waste flooding into England’s largest lake.

Without regulatory reforms and proper funding, the country will lack a muscular enforcer to strike fear among polluters

Sewage-spilling water companies will no longer be able to justify high chief executive pay by getting “top marks” in the Environment Agency’s rankings, under plans to tighten rules.

Samples taken by the Save Windermere campaign last month at Ambleside showed cyanobacteria concentrations above WHO guidance for recreational use of the lake

A 100-metre-wide algal bloom left an area of Windermere unfit for bathing, tests have revealed, as campaigners blamed United Utilities for continually dumping sewage.

All 11 water and wastewater companies in England and Wales are now under scrutiny over sewage spills, after the regulator said it was expanding its investigation.