If you suspect that there’s been a sewage discharge into the River Kent and notice a strange smell or odd-looking stretch of water or any other signs of pollution, please immediately report this:
first to the Environment Agency – 0800 807060
then to South Cumbria Rivers Trust via their online incident form
It would also be great if you could let Isobel and Sheila here at SENS know – senstaveley@gmail.com
For an emergency situation contact:
United Utilities 24/7 line – 0345 672 3723
River Rangers – riverrangers@uuplc.co.uk (and cc. Sharma Jencitis, Area Stakeholder Manager at United Utilities – sharma.jencitis@uuplc.co.uk)
If you would like to report either yourself or anyone in your household getting ill after swimming in the river, please complete our short online River Illness incident survey.