The storm overflow in Dickleburgh releases into a tributary of the River Frenze, which flows into the River Waveney and is next to the Otter Trust's Dickleburgh Moor site.

Since the start of the year, there have been 1,073 hours of spills from the overflow, which is linked to the Anglian Water sewage treatment works.

The sewage treatment works can be seen in the distance, where a storm overflow releases wastewater into the stream (Image: Owen Sennitt)

The issues in Dickleburgh have led the water firm and the Environment Agency to conduct investigations into why the system is being overwhelmed, which has found high levels of infiltration into the sewerage system.

The onslaught of wastewater is causing concern for the Otter Trust, which manages a wetland area adjacent to the sewage works, who fear the pollution could harm the rare plants, insects and other creatures that live at Dickleburgh Moor.

Dickleburgh Moor (Image: Owen Sennitt)

Ben Potterton, a trustee for the Otter Trust, said: "The nutrients from the sewage can cause big algae blooms, which can kill rare plants, amphibians and insects.

"We accept we are on a floodplain, which floods every three to five years but what we do not accept is sewage........

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