🚨 Breaking News 🚨 Save Windermere has once again been involved in exposing United Utilities exploitation of Windermere. Today the BBC reported that in the last 3 years, United Utilities has ILLEGALLY dumped 143,000,000 litres of untreated sewage directly into Windermere from just one of their sites — that’s thethe equivalent of 23 million toilet flushes, 1,600 double-decker buses, or enough to fill Big Ben 30 times! 💩 According to the BBC, United Utilities claims they reported these incidents at Glebe Road Pumping Station as soon as they were aware, which suggests they simply didn’t know about the instances of illegality from 2021 to September 2023, despite it being their statutory obligation to show permit compliance. The BBC estimates an additional 24 incidents that weren’t reported at the time could have cost the company £2.5 million through lower rewards or greater penalties. You might be thinking, where’s the Environment Agency? Isn’t this their job? Well, once again, they’ve turned a blind eye. They’ve failed to ask for the data, failed to hold United Utilities accountable and failed to protect Windermere from this predatory behaviour. We need your help to stop this 🫵 👊 Tag @Keir_Starmer 👊 Email Keir Starmer 👊 Share the video with the hashtag #savewindermere Let’s try and get this trending. Keir Starmer has often spoken about his love for the Lake District. Now it’s time for him to put his money where his mouth is and end sewage pollution in Windermere once and for all. Windermere is a symbol of our cultural heritage, a key driver of the local and national economy, and a sanctuary for rare and protected wildlife. This is a national and international disgrace, one of the country’s greatest natural treasures is being exploited by the multi-billion pound private water company. It’s time for Westminster to act. @Keir_Starmer , it’s time to stop the sewage to Save Windermere. Read the full blog to see how we uncovered this shocking story 👉 BBC article 👉 @Feargal_Sharkey @timfarron @GreenJennyJones @ChrisGPackham @RobGMacfarlane @CraigBennett3 @jimmycarr @joelycett @WindrushWasp @MarinaPurkiss @carolvorders @campbellclaret @CarolineLucas @GaryLineker @sascampaigns @GeorgeMonbiot @ByDonkeys @HugoSAS @paulpowlesland @ThisisDavina @RoryStewartUK @BearGrylls @simon_reeve @WarwickADavis @alextomo

What is special administration? Read our blog below ⬇️ Great work by @We_OwnIt

RT @DaveThroup: Why did you wait until the end of the 5 year investment period before even starting to investigate. It can’t have come as…

RT @herdyshepherd1: I wrote this about offset BS And how politicians are backing away from environmental responsibilities - on the left an…

RT @MattStaniek: 🚨 NEW campaign, NEW approach— and a swan attack?! Watch til the end…🚨 Today, we bring you one of our most ambitious proje…

RT @Feargal_Sharkey: Genius from the Save Windermere campaign, absolute genius. 👏👏👏

🚨 NEW campaign, NEW approach— and a swan attack?! Watch til the end…🚨 Today, we bring you one of our most ambitious projects yet, over a year in the making.  For years, we have been calling for the use of existing legislation to connect people to the mains, yet United Utilities and the government have failed to act. So, we’ve taken matters into our own hands. This initiative, backed by Patagonia and local businesses, is a solution-focused campaign—the first of its kind in the area. Today, we are launching a new step-by-step guide for property owners with private sewage treatment plants & septic tanks, showing them how to request a connection to United Utilities’ mains infrastructure. This forms a key part of our 10-point plan for a sewage-free Windermere, which we published last year ahead of the general election. We have been told time and time again that non-mains drainage contributes to Windermere’s pollution problem. But what we haven’t been told is that there is a clear solution—using existing legislation to request that United Utilities take ownership of these systems. And here’s the kicker—if the request is accepted, United Utilities is legally required to pay for a brand-new sewer up to at least the property boundary and they've already been given the money to do it. Since privatisation, United Utilities has only completed one first time sewerage scheme around Windermere. This is the first initiative of its kind for Windermere, empowering people to exercise their rights under existing legislation and highlighting why mains connection is the most sustainable solution—not just for individuals, but for the future of our lake itself. We are now working with Chesters by the River, Neaum Crag Holiday Park and the Holbeck Ghyll Estate to advise them as they submit their applications to United Utilities. As ever, we do also need your help. Our clear demand to the government is a change to the outdated ministerial code, ensuring that the long-term ecological protection of Windermere takes priority over United Utilities’ corporate greed. Head to to contact those who can change the ministerial code and to download your free guide today. Big shout out to local business Lake House Creative and illustrator Jane Legge from Dots of Light for helping pull together this beauty!

Week 67 of the Strike Against Sewage It never fails to amaze us that, apart from the very first strike (when no one even knew about it), not a single Monday has gone by where we’ve stood alone outside the ‘information’ centre. It takes incredible energy and determination to show up every week—through the cold, rain, sleet, or snow—yet people keep coming. We can never truly capture the overwhelming support we receive from those driving past—stopping for stickers, shouting in solidarity, and showing encouragement—but it happens week in, week out. Thank you to everyone who continues to stand with us. There’s more to come very soon.

RT @premnsikka: England's water industry owned by companies with over 1,100 criminal convictions since 1989. Examples: United Utilities 20…

RT @MattStaniek: It will be a major embarrassment for Labour if Thames collapses due to a court ruling—especially when they had the opportu…

It will be a major embarrassment for Labour if Thames collapses due to a court ruling—especially when they had the opportunity to intervene months ago. @Feargal_Sharkey @WindrushWasp @cammaynard @GreenJennyJones

RT @cammaynard: Well deserved criticism by the Judge. Our government is not standing up for 16m customers who are about to be thoroughly ri…

RT @Feargal_Sharkey: "Thames Water may get just £500m in usable cash by borrowing £1.5bn, court told." Yep you borrow £1.5 billion and end…

RT @MattStaniek: “We can't help thinking that if Secretary of State, Steve Reed, had acted, not just prevaricated, and taken Thames Water i…

RT @GreenJennyJones: A very big moment.

“We can't help thinking that if Secretary of State, Steve Reed, had acted, not just prevaricated, and taken Thames Water into Special Administration months ago, when it became perfectly clear that the company was not delivering its statutory duties - undeniable, and was failing financially - undeniable - this case would not have needed to happen.”

RT @JonathanPieNews: It’s time for Labour to stop rearranging their pens and fiddling with the paper clips. The Honeymoon period is over.…

RT @We_OwnIt: "We want to get sanity back into this lunacy". Ashley Smith, founder of Windrush Against Sewage Pollution @ashsmith43, expla…

Week 66 of the Strike Against Sewage Today we want to draw your attention to Windrush Against Sewage Pollution (@WindrushWasp ) and their current intervention at the high court where Thames Water are essentially trying to get approval for a £3 billion loan at over 9.5% interest plus high fees, to keep it out of Special Administration as it runs out of money. What is happening in London over the next week doesn’t seem to be directly linked to Windermere but in reality what happens to the Uk’s largest water company impacts every other one. We will be watching closely not only as WASP have played a critical role in our campaign to protect Windermere, but because of the large implications of the results of this proceedings. The strike is a space for debate on water pollution—not just in Windermere, but more broadly—so people sometimes bring their own messages to discuss what matters to them. What’s great about Save Windermere’s message is that it’s simple: stop putting sh*t in Windermere.

RT @davejvwallace: @WindrushWasp and Charlie Maynard MP in court tomorrow, fighting for bill payers against @thameswater and its plan for r…

RT @WindrushWasp: Monday - Thames Water's £3Bn loan hearing will be in the High Court. So will we and a legal team. The outcome will affec…