as if its not rank enough over there :yakk:….
Town hit by overflow of raw sewage
Raymond Brown A river of raw sewage four inches deep flooded a main shopping street in Haverhill.
The flow, which stretched for more than 400 yards and was 15ft across, was caused by a build up of fat and other items which had frozen because of plummeting temperatures, according to water bosses.
Fountains of sewage about 6in in height bubbled up from under Wethersfield Road.
Traffic drove through the sludge, spraying it along pavements and forcing shoppers to walk through the liquid waste.
Richard Murray, who owns the Photo2Prints store on the A1307, discovered the sewage as he stepped out of his shop on Wednesday at around 8.15am.
He said: “It was absolutely stinking. There was just a river of raw sewage and was about six inches deep in some places. There were loads of fountains of sewage bubbling up from holes in the street.
“I had to tell people they were walking in raw sewage and one lady said she’d have to throw her trainers away. Taxis and cars were just driving through it and not even slowing down. I said to one taxi driver he’d have to wash his car before taking any passengers.
“It was absolutely disgusting. The workers from Anglian Water were at it all day trying to remove a blockage from the sewer pipes.”
Anglian Water has warned people to think about what they pour down their drains. A spokesman said: “This spill was the unfortunate and unpleasant consequence of people putting things down the sewer that simply shouldn’t be there.
“Fats, oils and greases may go down your sink as a liquid, but as soon as they reach the cold depths of our sewer system, they start to congeal.
“This is made worse when people flush nappies, wet-wipes and other sanitary items down the toilet.”
He added: “In this case, we had to get a specialist high-powered jetting system in to clear out the blockage.
“We need to get the message across that the toilet is not a wet dustbin.”
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