A telecoms fault on the night of February 28 caused the main pumping station at Bowness-on-Windermere, which normally sends sewage to Windermere Wastewater Treatment Works, to stop.
READ MORE:Million of litres of raw sewage were 'illegally pumped' into a Lake District beauty spot after a fault, according to new documents.
The firm also failed to report the incident to the Environment Agency until 13 hours after it started. It is said that a nearly identical incident took place in the same location in 2022. READ MORE: Steve Coogan demands United Utilities clear up Lake Windermere as he joins protest calling for water firm to stop dumping untreated sewage into beauty spot Advertisement Speaking to Good Morning Britain, Coogan called the situation a 'timebomb' and said: 'United Utilities have a big fancy PR machine and they put nice fancy offices up like this to say 'we're working together with the people of Windermere'.
'They've been doing this year on year. They're doing it legally and we have evidence they're legally putting sewage into the lake. They've been paying record dividends to shareholders, there's no excuse for this. Alan Partridge star Steve Coogan has previously demanded that United Utilities stop a 'timebomb' by dumping sewage and called on them to clear up iconic Lake Windermere
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