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- The Role Fixing the Fells has in Improving Water QualityAs you walk the stunning trails of the Lake District, it’s easy to marvel at the beauty of the landscape, but have you ever thought about the unseen connections between the paths underfoot and the water quality of the lakes they surround?
- Meet Ruth Forrester: Love Windermere’s Partnership ManagerSince stepping into her role as the Love Windermere Partnership Manager in July, Ruth Forrester has been working tirelessly behind the scenes to drive the partnership’s mission of safeguarding England’s largest lake.
- Summer’s coming – Andrew Kendall of United Utilities explains how his team prepares Windermere treatment works ready for the extra visitorsOur operational teams are always out and about every day to make sure our treatment works are performing to the highest standards. A key time for us is the run up to the summer months when we see more visitors flock to Windermere. Our wastewater treatment works are sized to treat the sewage from maximum population numbers at peak times, but we have to gradually get them ready so that the treatment processes are constantly running at top performance.
- The Love Windermere partnership has appointed a farm liaison officerI was born and brought up on a dairy farm in the Lune Valley before going to university where I qualified as a land agent and have worked locally as an agent since then. It’s all about trust and relationships; you have to get to know your clients and get to know their aims to see what will work for them.
- Andy Brown, Environment, Planning and Engagement Manager at the Environment Agency, and chair of the Love Windermere partnership, explains how new data will help tackle pollution in Windermere and protect the lake for generations to come.Andy Brown, Environment, Planning and Engagement Manager at the Environment Agency, and chair of the Love Windermere partnership, explains how new data will help tackle…
- Love Windermere work shared at UK & Ireland Lakes Network (UKLIN) Conference 2023Windermere and the surrounding catchment are a complex system of interconnected inputs and influences. It’s sensitive to nutrient enrichment and affected by challenges including climate change and dramatic fluctuation in seasonal populations, requiring further action to improve its health.