A STREET looked more akin to one belonging in the medieval era than 21st Century after a drain blockage caused sewage to stream down it.

Caergwrle residents were left shocked when a stream of sewage flowed down a street in the village on Thursday, May 16.

The overflow occurred on Lane End after heavy rainfall that and the previous day caused the blocked drain to overflow.

It is understood that the blockage was caused by baby nappies and wipes which had been flushed down the toilet.

Caergwrle resident Ian Lloyd came across the unsavoury sight.

He explained: "It was a truly disgusting sight, it's not what you expect to find down a modern day street. I was surprised a nappie even fitted down the loo in the first place.

"But we can only expect more of this as people are being irresponsible and our water systems cannot cope with the type of waste blocking it up.

"Also, with new estates and houses being built all the time the matter will only get worse."

Mr Lloyd immediately alerted Welsh Water to the incident.

And thankfully, Welsh Water responded quickly to the flooding, sending a team to remove the blockage and clean up the surrounding area within hours of the report being made.

A Welsh Water spokesman said: “On Thursday, May 19 we were made aware of temporary flooding from a manhole in Caergwrle.

“Our team went to site and discovered a blockage on the main sewer. We removed the blockage and cleaned up the surrounding area.

An Welsh Water has urged people to not throw flush items which are inappropriate to do so.

The spokesman added: “Sewer blockages are often caused by inappropriate items being flushed away and the build-up of cooking oils and fats which are poured down the sink.

"We’re asking our customers to help look after our environment by avoiding flushing things like wipes, cotton buds and sanitary products and only dispose of the ‘three Ps’ – pee, poo and paper.

“As a company, we have to deal with around 2,000 blockages a month across our sewer network, which costs us around £7 million a year – and research has shown that around 93% of these blockages are made up of wet wipes.

“We would urge people to help us to avoid these blockages and help prevent floods and pollution that cause so much distress.”