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Unlike the pressurised system that ‘pushes’ the water to our homes, the wastewater and sewage is taken away from our homes using gravity. The pipes slope very slightly downhill.

Water flows downhill and everything that goes down the toilet, sinks and drains in your home moves through the pipes towards the sewage treatment works.

In very flat areas such as much of the Anglian Water area, the sewage has to be pumped uphill again occasionally to keep it moving!