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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, a lake in the Lake District.
👉 United Utilities is fighting a legal battle to block public access to data on treated sewage it is discharging into Windermere.
👉 The water company has been refusing to release data on phosphorus and ammonia levels in the lake, citing internal communication and operational purposes.
👉 The ICO has ruled that the information should be disclosed, citing public interest.
👉 United Utilities is appealing the decision and has been criticized for its lack of transparency.
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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