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How Lakeland bowed to the Industrial Revolution

Tales of aqueducts, conduits, tunnels, pipelines and inverted siphons flowed through the January meeting of the Appleby-in-Westmorland Society in the Public Hall Supper Room.  Thus did John Butcher, Regional Supplies Manager of United...

Record £81 million investment in water services
HOUSEHOLDS in Cumbria will see more than £81m poured into improving their water services over the next 12 months. Water company United Utilities is sp...
After the big freeze Cumbria residents warned of leaks by water bosses
North West water bosses are gearing up this week to tackle the big thaw following the big freeze. United Utilities has launched a special Leakline f...
Engineers pull out stops to get Keswick road works completed
Engineers working on Keswick's £23m sewer improvement scheme have pledged to work extra hours so that a road can re-open more quickly. United Utilitie...
Drains warning for festive cooks in Cumbria
Cumbrian families are being advised that their Christmas turkey could come back to haunt them this year. Households will pour around a quarter of a mi...
More residents benefit from flood defence scheme
A project to tackle flooding in a north Cumbrian village is being expanded to help even more homes. United Utilities wants to save people in Dearham f...
A night to remember for the Appleby-in-Westmorland Society
“Isn’t that Jack……?”, “That shop used to be……” echoed round the Public Hall Supper Room recently. The event was Appleby-in-Westmorland Society’s Chr...
Caring Cumbria's give customers service a boost
A crack Cumbrian team is breaking new ground in customer service by transforming the way one of the region's biggest companies supports people in need. Water firm United Utilities' Careline team,...
Tank boost for Maryport coastline
The latest weapon in the battle to clean up Cumbria's coastline has kicked into action. A huge 21m deep underground tank, to stop 10,300 cubic metres of dirty storm water entering the sea near...
Slip lining: The new pipe being inserted inside the old.
Wart a great result for Millom toads
A Millom wildlife group is celebrating after engineers averted major construction work in one of the town's most protected habitats. Friends of Millom Ironworks Local Nature Reserve were braced for...
Grant gets Keswick choristers tinkling on the ivories
A group of Keswick singers need never hit a bum note again - thanks to cash from sewer engineers. Keswick Community Choir, pictured was one of five organisations to get a grant from water company...