CELEBRITIES will be protesting against sewage pollution on a campaign taking place this bank holiday.
Steve Coogan, Joe Lycett, Lee Mack and Paul Whitehouse will add their voices to the Save Windermere campaign.
Led by Matt Staniek, the campaign will start at 12pm and finishing at 3pm on Monday May 29 at Glebe Road in Windermere.
The protest will count with speeches from Matt Staniek, Lord David Clark of Windermere and guests, live music from Drum Nation and LOWES, and special appearances from friends of Save Windermere.
Matt Staniek is campaigning to end all treated and untreated sewage discharges into the lake by United Utilities.
Save Windermere says that in 2022, 246 days of untreated sewage discharged from storm overflows into the catchment.
In the summer, the lake turned green due to algae, which the campaign blames on excessive nutrients entering Windermere from sewage discharges.
Mr Staniek's campaign has had over 275,000 signatures for its petitions, more than any other on the subject of sewage pollution. Mr Staniek's campaign film has had over one million views.
A United Utilities spokesman said: "We remain absolutely committed to taking action to bring about further improvements and to working together with other agencies, partners and the wider community to tackle the various nutrient inputs that enter Windermere.
"We also await the results of the full year of scientific data collected by the FBA and Lancaster University which will provide an in-depth analysis of the lake’s health."
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