Exclusive: Report finds agency did not properly investigate event that killed hundreds of fish in Cunsey Beck in 2022
An independent report into an investigation by the Environment Agency into serious pollution of a stream feeding into Windermere has found a series of errors by the watchdog.
As a result, the agency never identified the cause of the toxic event which killed all life within the waterway.
No clear, systematic approach to the investigation with regards identifying and eliminating potential sources.
The absence of documented witness interviews.
A limited number of sampling locations on Cunsey Beck.
A failure to carry out postmortems on the dead fish.
