An overflow spills sewage into a Broads river following consistent wet weather.
As storms have swept across the county, an overflow has been spilling sewage into a Broads river for nine days.
The company has blamed persistent high groundwater levels, which have not subsided since last year's record-breaking rainfall. Figures from the Environment Agency showed the same storm overflow had discharged into the same river for 1,747 hours in 2023, in 91 spills.A spokeswoman for Anglian Water said the wet weather had been a "contributor to the storm overflow activation".
"This is because Horning has a very high water table and unstable ground conditions, meaning groundwater levels – which are still very high after last year's historic wet winter – are causing ingress into our sewer network."
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