Threats
The lake currently faces problems which the Bassenthwaite Lake Restoration Programme is trying to address. These include erosion, pollution (especially phosphates which encourage algae formation) and a number of alien types of flora which are threatening to compromise local species. The Environment Agency attributed unacceptable levels of phosphate in the catchment to Keswick wastewater treatment works, Greta Grove pumping station and the associated overflow.
Water company United Utilities was fined £27,000 in 2011 for allowing raw sewage to pollute nearby Pow Beck watercourse. The company's £20 million sewer improvement scheme, begun in 2011, aims to improve water quality in the River Greta and the lake itself. The project will facilitate removal of greater quantities of phosphates. Works to upgrade the wastewater treatment works and pumping station were begun in May 2010.
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