Eli5: If a town in the UK gets flooded by local rivers due to storms, does some of the flood water end up going to sewer, and if so does the sewerage plant cope?

Question

Title, a bit in depth – would preferably like someone who works at one, thanks in advance

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Answer 1

> does some of the flood water end up going to sewer,

Yes

> and if so does the sewerage plant cope?

No

There are storage tanks and once they overflow Thames water dumps the dirty water in the local river, which is a precious ecological resource. An extremely rare ecosystem in a world wide context.

Thames Water have had since 1989 to get this sorted.

Source: I live in a place where this happens and we are mighty pissed off about it.