Windermere Jetty Museum features in the first episode of Paul Whitehouse: Our Troubled Rivers on BBC 2.

Paul Whitehouse meets local zoologist, conservationist and campaigner Matt Staniek outside the museum to learn more about the water quality of Windermere.

Staniek and Whitehouse go out on the lake aboard 1930’s heritage steam launch Penelope II to get closer to the water.

In this new TV series, Whitehouse travels around England and Wales to explore why rivers and waterways are in decline and what needs to be done to protect them.

In this episode he is looking at the impact water companies have on rivers, exploring the change in water industry since privatisation in 1989.

Whitehouse looks at what regulations are in place when it comes to sewage discharge and meets Staniek, who warns of the ecological decline in Windermere.

Caroline Robinson, head of innovation and business development at the museum, said: “We were delighted to host Matt and Paul at Windermere Jetty Museum to highlight this important environmental topic.

"The building’s significant relationship to the lake, and its setting in the Lake District National Park, is reflected in our strategies for water, land use, and ecology. Reed beds adjacent to the building provide natural treatment and mitigation of surface water run off, prior to it going into the lake.

"The landscaping is designed to support biodiversity, water use has been minimised and sustainable drainage strategies implemented.”

Matt said: "I’ve been running my Save Windermere campaign to stop sewage pollution in our lake for the past 19 months, it relies on spreading awareness as far and as wide as possible, so it was an absolute pleasure being able to speak with Paul Whitehouse about the threats that Windermere is facing for his TV series about water quality in the UK.

"If we act now, we can save our lake but we need to prioritise what is the largest threat and how we ensure that this threat is no longer. Hopefully after Sunday's show you can see where we all need to put our attention and why we must now fight to Save Windermere.”

Watch the episode live on March 5 at 8pm on BBC 2 or catch it on iPlayer www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001jw6p