Thames Water apologises for Tadley sewage spill

A water company has apologised after sewage spilled over a footpath and on to a school car park.

Gemma Blakey, from Tadley, Hampshire, was out with her two young children when they stepped in the puddle on the path last week.

"I was pretty disgusted to be walking through raw sewage," she told the BBC.

Thames Water said it was "most likely" caused by heavy rain making the system underneath overflow. An investigation is under way.

Ms Blakey said she was concerned the flooded path, which was full of toilet paper and faeces, had not been closed off.

"Children and families having to walk through that on a regular basis is not acceptable. It's a public health risk at the end of the day," she said.

She added: "I can understand that on occasion heavy rainfall will cause raw sewage leakage from the sewers.

"However, this has been a repeated problem - from what I understand from the local residents - over several years, and why has nothing been done to investigate and rectify the problem":[]}