United Utilities become the first water company to be hit with a special enforcement measure by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) over failure to comply with transparency laws.

A director of England’s water regulator is spearheading a campaign that could make it harder for consumers to sue water companies that breach legal sewage limits.

Save Windermere, and other campaign groups who have exposed the scale of illegal sewage pollution in rivers, lakes and coastal waters over several years, are backed in their call for the government to trigger special administration by an academic who specialises in the industry.

A water company has announced it will spend an extra £156m in an attempt to reduce pollution in England's largest lake. Earlier this year the BBC revealed millions of litres of raw sewage had been illegally pumped into the lake in February. The founder of the Save Windermere group Matt Staniek said the firm's investment was the "bare minimum".

Water company, United Utilities, who spilt raw sewage into Windermere for more than a week has been accused of treating the data watchdog with contempt after withholding information. United Utilities refused to hand over information on discharges despite instruction from Information Commissioner’s Office.

A water quality campaigner says underinvestment in the sewer network is now threatening whether new development is possible around Windermere.

Proposals to transform a former water testing laboratory on the shores of Windermere near Far Sawrey into a new hotel have received more than 900 local objections, due to concerns over the local water treatment site's 'incapacity' to deal with the current amount of sewage.

A water company has been slammed after it has been pumping raw sewage into Windermere in the Lake District for eight days, with Irish singer Feargal Sharkey blaming water companies 'greed, profiteering, financial engineering and regulatory incompetence'.

Raw sewage has been spilling in waters feeding Windermere for more than a week in an incident blamed by campaigners on water industry greed.

A water company has pumped untreated sewage into England’s largest lake for eight consecutive days.

Storm overflows at two water treatment plants have continuously discharged into sites that flow into Windermere, in the Lake District, since Aug 22.

Singer and clean water campaigner Feargal Sharkey has criticised a water company after untreated sewage was continually discharged into a lake for eight days.

Untreated sewage was continuously discharged into a Site of Special Scientific Interest for seven days.

Storm overflows at two water treatment plants in Cumbria have been discharging into sites that flow into Windermere since last Thursday, United Utilities figures show.

Matt Staniek cannot stop thinking about sewage. The director of the Save Windermere campaign has been working for three years to prevent waste flooding into England’s largest lake.