Sewage plant shuts down over burst water pipe

A sewage treatment plant has been shut down "as a precaution" after a pipe burst underground.

- by Gazette Reporter

Operations at Fleetwood Wastewater Treatment Works have been "temporarily suspended" after residents reported flooding in gardens in Rossall.

United Utilities said the leak was contained "within a few hours" but engineers were excavating the site and examining "a number of deep pipes" at the junction of The Strand and Broadway in order to confirm what caused it.

Meanwhile, United Utilities also confirmed "intense rain" due to Storm Claudia led to untreated sewage being discharged in a number of locations, including the sea at the Fylde coast.

The discharge was not related to the burst pipe, it said.