Resident Dean Pugh discusses sewage problems in Drakes Broughton

Watch as resident Dean Pugh discusses sewage flowing down the village's streets, as the sewage system struggles to cope with the extra demand.

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00:00Ever since we've had a big influx of new housing built up around the Drakes, Broughton and

00:08Pershall area, we're all for new housing, you know, young families getting on the ladder,

00:12property ladder, but it's come to a point now where the amount of new builds that are

00:17just popping up everywhere, houses there, houses, getting easy, you know, just being

00:21agreed instantly without having a proper talk about it and approaching us locals, it's starting

00:26to have an effect now because basically since they've been building them, we've suffered

00:30nothing but drainage problems, floods, we've had human waste running down the road, we've

00:35had blocked drains, we've had human waste running under these two bungalows here, which

00:39I dug trial holes and I actually had my hands in it thinking it was stagnant water. When

00:44Seven Trent tested it, it came out to be pure human waste, which is not a nice story to

00:48know. Seven Trent then came out and then they dug this hole, they were here for three days,

00:55about five, six foot deep to locate a leak in the pipe here, because originally there

01:00used to be a water stream running straight down the centre of the road. Since they've

01:04been, they said they never discovered a leak, they couldn't find a leak, but since they've

01:09dug that hole and refilled it, we've got a big stream of constant water there and a big

01:14stream of constant water there, so it's literally doubled the leak and dispersed it two different

01:18ways. Down the other side of the road where I live is basically it's constant stagnant

01:23water running down the hill. In the hottest of summer, when it's bone dry, it's still

01:28soaking down the road and it must be washing away the soil somewhere underneath, you know,

01:33over time. So basically this is the problem and it's all due to crap drainage put on these

01:38new builds, they're just allowing the houses to go up, but they're not allowing for the

01:42drainage. Now everyone's complained, we've had, we've had meetings at the village all

01:46about it, drainage problems, drainage problems, but money talks and if you can get them houses

01:52up quick, take the money and go, but it's not being looked into proper, there's big

01:57drainage problems in this village.