Attempts to stop sewage leaking from a burst pipe near a nature reserve have caused days of disruption to people living nearby. South West Hertfordshire MP Gagan Mohindra has stepped in after the burst sewage pipe at Lynsters Farm near West Hyde began causing disruption. The leak, near Maple Lodge Nature Reserve, also affected two lakes. The tankers now have to suck effluent from sewers in Old Uxbridge Road and truck it round to Maple Lodge Sewage Works.
Dozens of tankers. Photo credit: Gagan Mohindra According to Mrs Ward, 60 sewage tankers were operating around the clock last weekend. Mrs Ward, who lives in Old Uxbridge Road, said: “I have not slept for two nights already and now the pumping operation is going right outside my house.