After celebrating a momentous victory this weekend, we’re back to share yet more evidence of the Environment Agency’s failings in their duty to protect Windermere.
This time, we’re focusing yet again on the Agency’s inadequate response to the Cunsey Beck fish kill. After completely failing to conduct a thorough investigation of the incident, their sole action was to install real-time monitors to assess the impact of the Near Sawrey Wastewater Treatment Works (WwTW) on the Cunsey.
Save Windermere had to intervene twice to have these monitors relocated from unsuitable positions. And now, in their final placement, we’ve discovered yet another flaw meaning the systems are still failing to provide an accurate picture of the sewage works’ impact on Cunsey Beck.
We owe this discovery to retired Detective Superintendent Ashley Smith of Windrush Against Sewage Pollution, who used his investigative expertise to uncover these shortcomings.
Corruption or incompetence? We’ll let you decide.