A CHANNEL 5 documentary about waterways in Britain will feature Windermere. 

The documentary, featuring Michaela Strachan, will be released in October but it is not known yet what its name is. 

One of the episodes will be centred around Windermere and Michaela will be shown around the lake and the River Rothay by activist Matt Staniek. 

Mr Staniek has now achieved national coverage of his campaign to save Windermere.

A petition which calls for Windermere to be designated as a Site of special scientific interest, the Environment Agency to have annual funding to be able to inspect, regulate and monitor septic tanks and for United Utilities to ensure each of its catchments has the capacity to cope and store storm overflow discharge in periods of high rainfall, has amassed nearly 150,000 signatures.

Although he is limited in what he can say, he did say that other TV work focusing on the issue is in the pipeline. 

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"We spoke about blue-green algae and I showed them the river Rothay which is ecologically dead," Mr Staniek said. "If we are seeing this sort of thing in Windermere then what is happening in the rest of the country? There has been a failure of government to protect our waterways." 

The Lake District National Park Authority has developed a 'Love Windermere' partnership with United Utilities and scientists to tackle the issues facing Windermere.

A spokesman said: “The lake is certainly not dying. It is however affected by a number of complex challenges including the impact of more extreme weather caused by climate change, an excess of nutrients and seasonal variations of the tourist population." 

When Michaela visited the River Rothay, Mr Staniek said she was 'horrified'.

"Why is this happening in a national park,?"he said.

"We went down and you can see the algae in the water, the river smells. She is really on board with making a change."

Mr Staniek wanted to put forward a positive message with the programme.

"We just had a laugh," he said. "We were talking about a serious story but we were doing it as a message of hope rather than dismay. It is great to have voices such as hers, she is such an important figure in British broadcasting."