Summary
- Cark-in-Cartmel pumping station has been continuously discharging sewage into the River Eea for at least 42 days
- Problems at the site have been ongoing for two decades, with escalating sewage discharges
- A whistleblower claims the pumping station has never been capable of stopping spills since its construction in 2004
- United Utilities has been ordered by the Environment Agency to take action to address ongoing breaches at the site