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✍️ United Utilities, a UK water company, is fighting a legal battle to block public access to data on treated sewage it is discharging into Windermere in the Lake District.
👉 United Utilities is fighting a legal battle to block public access to data on treated sewage
👉 The company claims the data is 'internal communication' and exempt from disclosure
👉 The ICO has ruled that the information should be disclosed
👉 The data is important for understanding the impact of sewage discharges on the lake's ecology
👉 United Utilities is also trying to block the release of data on ammonia checks from a plant at Cunsey Beck
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Water company claims information is not in the public interest despite widespread pollution of UK waters• ‘It’s a national disgrace’: fury at sewage-filled Windermere over toxic algae and dead fishOne of the UK’s biggest water companies is fighting a legal battle to block public access to data on treated sewage it is discharging into Windermere in the Lake District.United Utilities initially claimed that data from phosphorus monitors at sewage treatment works at the lake “was not environmental information”. It later claimed the information on phosphorus – which can pollute watercourses when at high levels – was “internal communication” and exempt from disclosure. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/16/united-utilities-refuses-to-hand-over-data-on-sewage-discharges-into-windermere