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Innovation comes to Windermere

Innovative wastewater treatment comes to Windermere in a European first

17th January 2025

United Utilities is poised to become the first water company in Europe to implement an innovative, low-carbon, chemical-free wastewater treatment process. This technology has been tested at a site in Cheshire over the past year, yielding promising results. Installation of a FujiClean unit will begin this spring at Near Sawrey, marking it as one of the first locations to adopt this cutting-edge technology.

The company has been given the green light by its regulator to invest £200 million over the next five years to further reduce spills and take treatment standards at wastewater treatment works around Windermere to the next level.

FujiClean, which was developed in Japan, is a chemical free-phosphorus removal solution and was originally developed as an alternative to septic tanks. It has been trialled at a test site in Cheshire for the past year with promising results. Work will begin to install a FujiClean unit at Near Sawrey in Spring. 

A demo model of this technology is coming soon to the United Utilities Information Centre on 8 Crescent Road, Windermere, LA23 1EA

If you’re interested, come see how this technology works and discover the wider investment happening in Windermere.