Windermere water quality survey to run despite end of grants

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The project will run despite a lack of funds from previous backers such as the Environment Agency.

A citizen science water quality project, which previously was funded by grants, will go ahead this summer after organisers said they would pay for it themselves.

This year it failed to raise the funds it previously had from bodies such as the Environment Agency , National Trust and Westmorland and Furness Council. Windermere, England's largest lake, is ecologically important and home to rare fish species such as the Arctic charr.had been illegally pumped into the lake earlier in the year.

A FBA spokesperson said at the time the group was trying to establish a "blended funding model" to buffer against the fluctuating availability of financing from charities and other groups."This is a decision that comes at a financial cost," a spokesperson said, adding that the group hoped to find a way to sustainably fund the project for the years to come.

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