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Anglian Water treats the wastewater and sewage from over 5 million customers a day. The sewage treatment works are connected by over 32,000 km of pipe work.

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The sewage goes through screens. This gets rid of large items like wood, paper, cloth or plastic.

The sewage goes into settling tanks and most of the solids sink to the bottom. Chemicals are added to speed this up. The water is taken from the top leaving sludge.