Imogen May is withholding payment in protest because she believes the water firm is failing to prevent sewage spills.
A campaigner who has not paid her water bill in five years has accused South West Water of using scare tactics to get her to pay - after the firm claimed a stake in her home.
"It actually hurts me. It makes me feel incredibly sad. I've got two wonderful daughters and I am doing this to secure a future for them. They ought not to be fighting when they reach my age and I really hope that they are not."
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