Government vows to clean up Lake Windermere after beauty spot ‘choked’ by pollution

The government will pledge to “clean up Windermere” by ensuring “only rainwater” enters the polluted English beauty spot, part of a scheme to upgrade water infrastructure and boost economic growth using over £100 billion of private investment. Environment secretary Steve Reed and water minister Emma Hardy will visit Windermere as part of the Things Can Only Get Cleaner tour to address sewage pollution issues that threaten the area’s natural beauty and economic potential, with a feasibility study underway by the Only Rainwater coalition to eliminate sewage discharges into the lake.

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