Lake Windermere - why swimmer health could be at risk in World Heritage waters

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@johnrussell3961 9 ай бұрын

The UK has lost its way. Heritage status is a duty of care. Liverpool water front lost their status.

@jeffsterling2809 9 ай бұрын

Same with the river Arun. People get violently sick swimming in now it's an outrage

@ecaeas4439 9 ай бұрын

I was just in the lakes for the very first time this weekend. A stunning and magical place that needs to be preserved for generations in the future. I didn't notice anything with the lakes that was especially concerning, but on some of the walking trails, a tree disease is running rampant and there are lots of dead and felled trees everywhere. It just feels like there just isn't any concern for anywhere in this country anymore. I know that isn't true because the comments show how many people care but we need to turn care into action and change somehow.

@danmurphy2379 9 ай бұрын

Public funding and nationalisation. The private water company experiment/cash grab has clearly failed

@ryp6627 9 ай бұрын

They stopped speed boats years ago to keep the water quality good, it’s disgraceful that this is happening

@weAreNotAloneHere 8 ай бұрын

That was to destroy fun, as seen if it was about water quality this would be the first thing to tackle

@jonathanbennet2580 9 ай бұрын

the crazy thing is a lot of ppl are still gonna vote tory

@davidmcculloch8490 9 ай бұрын

Hard to fix desperation or stupidity.

@AlexLR 9 ай бұрын

Do you mean the blue Tories or the red Tories?

@jonathanbennet2580 9 ай бұрын

@@AlexLR true lol

@grahamsmith2022 9 ай бұрын

@@AlexLRput down The Sun.

@AlexLR 9 ай бұрын

@@grahamsmith2022 never picked it up

@ChorizoCentauri 9 ай бұрын

It's crazy that, as disgusting as they are, chlorinated public swimming pools and waterparks are safer and healthier than most bodies of water around the world.

@fatwalletboy2 8 ай бұрын

Its not just about the swimmers, you know.

@Croi_Fiain 9 ай бұрын

I used to go here a lot in my younger years. Seeing signs warning of algae blooms would have been so strange back then - the water was always clear, cool a refreshing. So infuriating and sad to see this sort of thing happening there now 😢

@nickybrooks6942 9 ай бұрын

We in the south west pay one off the highest water rates in the UK but south west water is rated at the 3rd worst polluters in the UK .

@WhichDoctor1 9 ай бұрын

You’re water rates are being spent on ceo bonuses and dividends not water treatment

@chrysalis4126 9 ай бұрын

Because your payments are going mostly to shareholders dividends. When Thatcher privatised our companies she claimed it would lead to more competition and lower prices which we now know was a blatant lie.

@LordGreavous 9 ай бұрын

used to go there monthly then water got more cloudy and more scum at the edges, tourists dont see it but locals do. it needs fixing

@davidmcculloch8490 9 ай бұрын

Water should not be for the extraction of profit. Simple and obvious to most of us.

@Alex-cw3rz 9 ай бұрын

Since privatisation not one new reservoir has been built and the population has grown by 10 million since then

@KrisHughes 9 ай бұрын

This is all very anthropocentric. It's really only since the rise in wild swimming that there has been mass anger about water pollution which has been increasing for decades. Wild mammals have no other place to drink. Fish don't have a choice. Lakes, rivers, and oceans are more than just recreational facilities.

@-xxMelissaxx- 9 ай бұрын

Are you upset that people care about the water they are swimming in? Your comment is super unclear. People caring (no matter what made them care) is a good thing for people and animals in the area.

@tonyadeney1245 9 ай бұрын

Just read the yearly accounts for Westminster - (not including repairs to the buildings and renovation which has been quoted at 22 billion for nobody knows why) this year the adminsitration of our central government office cost around 400 million. The initial resource Estimate of £374.9 million in May plus an additional 20 million. That just the cost of electricity wages expenses office paper and heating cars security subsidised gym creche bars travel - you have to ask what do they do for the money ?.... not unreasonable to ask, its our money ...

@RogerHyam 8 ай бұрын

Nobody mentions the farmers. Where does the phosphorus come from? Agriculture! Nobody mentions it! Why?

@catpost 9 ай бұрын

Is this one of those Brexit bonuses I was told about?

@ThePlayerOfGames 9 ай бұрын

It is! "No more pesky environmental regulations!" They crowed. "No more Brussels regulations! No more namby pamby green laws!" They said…

@Alex-cw3rz 9 ай бұрын

How many billions have been lost in tourism due to water companies there needs to be fines, prison sentences

@jasonthompson7378 9 ай бұрын

I still don’t know how these people are allowed to do this!

@ThePlayerOfGames 9 ай бұрын

The rich aren't afraid of the workers. They are allowed to do this because they are allowed to do this.

@jaywalker3087 9 ай бұрын

I live on the coast and have stopped eating the shellfish I regularly gathered.... I've even seen algal blooms in the harbour... I've stopped paying my bills to a Water Company owned by foreign Hedge funds!!!

@grateberk6435 9 ай бұрын

Therese Coffey.

@-xxMelissaxx- 9 ай бұрын

Poo-llution is such a witty thing to put on a protest sign. 😂 Bravo for standing up for clean water.

@RankinMsP 9 ай бұрын

Mrs Thatcher still striking from the grave.

@Alex-cw3rz 9 ай бұрын

Great vid

@kurbads74 9 ай бұрын

Obviously skipping the part where it shows how sewage is treated around Windermere. Is it at all?

@sutats 9 ай бұрын

Local fish is off the menu then.

@leaedt7614 9 ай бұрын

Same with Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland. The largest lake in the UK and Ireland is as good as dead.

@chrysalis4126 9 ай бұрын

To be fair the small lake near my house in the North West has had that algae bloom for the past few years in the summer, I think it's down to the climate change as nothing runs off into it and definitely no sewage.

@TheWebstaff 8 ай бұрын

No it's due to nutrients in the water being out of balance.

@fatwalletboy2 8 ай бұрын

Still so long as the shareholders get their whack from our bills whilst running the water companies on debt that in the end we will have to cover eh......

@TrustMeiamaD.R. 9 ай бұрын

The Tories.😮 #TheToryAffect

@billybunter5575 7 ай бұрын

it just goes on and on this government has not invested in a victorian water system since being in power they have not invested in the rail ways also the nhs i mean what is going on.

@stephenB-yq9kw 9 ай бұрын

My friend Britney investigating and testing the water

@coppershark1973 9 ай бұрын

The Brexit liars must be taken to court and made to pay to clean this up.

@MrabulHassan 9 ай бұрын

If we all Stoped paying our water bills, see what they do

@ThePlayerOfGames 9 ай бұрын

If you just did that the government would simply pay the bills on your behalf. They're all friends at the water cos & house of commons + lords

@adrianaspalinky1986 9 ай бұрын

#GeneralElectionNow

@utubebroadcaster 9 ай бұрын

Brexit literally delivering 💩

@HomeGrownUkChilli 7 ай бұрын

Blaming tourism... dear me. The sewage released into our water systems post brexit is the cause.

@MN-ii7ng 9 ай бұрын

every things become mystery in this world these days😶😶😶

@canadianpsychologist 9 ай бұрын

On Jan 16, 2018, Cathy Newman of Channel 4 News inaccurately summarized her interviewee’s statements more than 30 times in a half hour interview. Cathy Newman should be held to account by apologizing to the public and being sacked from her post. Shame on Cathy Newman!

@TechAndMath 9 ай бұрын

different rule for different lake? In practice, that will create more problem than it solves.

@kaytsippy1981 9 ай бұрын

No, they are asking that different bodies of water have different rules. This lake is not the ocean etc. Not very difficult at all!

@dannyholder1359 8 ай бұрын

Some of our lakes are so full of fecal matter these days you can't really swim in them anymore, you can only go through the motions....

@chippysteve4524 9 ай бұрын

I bet that the Greenpeace protesters who draped a black sheet over Sunak's house had thought about throwing sewerage into his swimming pool instead to simulate the reality of life in Britain under Tory rule. Kudos for not stooping to their level.

@TonyG-z4t 8 ай бұрын

Kudos for not pooping to their level!

@lksf9820 9 ай бұрын

Notice how nobody is discussing all of the contributors to the pollution in greater detail. Farmers contribution for instance and the fact we have an overpopulation problem. A very biased viewpoint.

@JohntyNich 8 ай бұрын

In relation to farmers, this is due to the lakes catchment area which is off the mountains that are organically grown. It is one of the few areas that the water companies can’t deflect onto farmers and the pollution can be directly contributed to the water company 🤷‍♂️ The population in the area is mainly tourists and tourist attractions as the locals can’t afford to live their and yes this is overloading the sewage systems which is why they are complaining. The water companies would rather discharge untreated sewage than upgrade their systems.

@rchas1023 9 ай бұрын

Who has fouled The Lakes?

@alasdairbrock3335 9 ай бұрын

Appalling. Iake Windermere? (Mere means lake). Its Windermere you fool! There is only one lake in the lake district. The rest are tarns, meres or waters. Prize, you think, for the first to name the only Lake. Also pollution which is both sewage and farming related has never been adequately tackled.

@xFF7xGIRLx 9 ай бұрын

Genuine question .... When people go out in their boats and go for a kak on said boats, does the toilet flush the waste straight into the lake? 🤔

@DoctorBastard 9 ай бұрын

Nope, they've got waste tanks.

@ThePlayerOfGames 9 ай бұрын

The toilets of all the towns around the lake are effectively flushing straight into the lake because the sewerage companies are no longer monitored (the UK government got rid of that regulation with Brexit) and water quality isn't monitored (yep, they changed the water regulation so that it does nothing). Combine that with Thatcherite privatisation of the water/sewerage companies, and the company just dumps the raw sewerage it takes in straight out into the lake.