Windermere Tales
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Citizen Science for Water Testing of the Rivers Rothay and Brathay and Ecological concerns around the Windermere catchment
Phosphorus pricing has been proposed to charge water utilities for the pollution they cause, funding independent monitoring and ecological restitution - but can Thames Water afford it? The Debtor’s Tale takes a detailed look at the finances.
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The Debtor’s Tale: Bills, Bankruptcy and re-Birth
In the Discharger’s Tale, phosphorus pricing was proposed to charge wastewater utilities for the environmental impact of their emitted pollution, funding independent monitoring, ecological restitut…
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January 14, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Phosphorus pricing has been proposed to charge water utilities for the pollution they cause, funding independent monitoring and ecological restitution - but can Thames Water afford it? The Debtor’s Tale takes a detailed look at the finances.
windermeretales.wordpress.com/2025/01/14/t...
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The Swimmer’s Tale: Bathing, Bacteria and Blooms. How a US-style bathing water monitoring system would make Britain’s bathing spots safer.
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The Swimmer’s Tale: Bathing, Bacteria and Blooms
“Excellent”, 3-stars, the highest, cleanest class, proclaims Swiminfo, the Environment Agency’s Bathing Water quality website, for all four Windermere sites – Lakeside, Fellfoot, Rayrigg Mead…
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December 31, 2024 at 9:21 AM
The Swimmer’s Tale: Bathing, Bacteria and Blooms. How a US-style bathing water monitoring system would make Britain’s bathing spots safer.
windermeretales.wordpress.com/2024/04/07/t...
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The Toad’s Tale: A story of how citizen science discovered uncontrolled ammonia discharges and a narrow escape for the River Brathay, the biggest river entering Windermere windermeretales.wordpress.com/2024/11/20/t...
The Toad’s Tale: Discharge, Discolouration, and Death
Around the 12th May, a toad was swimming in the normally pristine waters of the River Brathay above Skelwith Force, a beauty spot frequented by thousands of tourists walking the riverside path from…
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December 31, 2024 at 9:16 AM
The Toad’s Tale: A story of how citizen science discovered uncontrolled ammonia discharges and a narrow escape for the River Brathay, the biggest river entering Windermere windermeretales.wordpress.com/2024/11/20/t...
Environmental harm £2.9bn; profit £2.5bn. Polluter-pays phosphorus pricing incentivises less pollution, funds ecological restitution and better monitoring, creates a not-for-profit water industry @savewindermere.bsky.social @feargalsharkey.bsky.social windermeretales.wordpress.com/2024/12/30/t...
The Discharger’s Tale: Permits, Phosphorus pricing, and Polluter-pays
For 35 years since privatisation, sewage utility companies have used the country’s lakes and rivers as dumping grounds whilst failing to maintain infrastructure, paying unwarranted returns to share…
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December 31, 2024 at 8:33 AM
Environmental harm £2.9bn; profit £2.5bn. Polluter-pays phosphorus pricing incentivises less pollution, funds ecological restitution and better monitoring, creates a not-for-profit water industry @savewindermere.bsky.social @feargalsharkey.bsky.social windermeretales.wordpress.com/2024/12/30/t...