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Beyond the vegetable beds is a planting area of native shrubs and grasses to provide additional habitat and permeable surface to collect rainwater.

But almost all pumping stations and treatment plants operate under an environmental permit which specify that they must process or "pass forward" a certain amount of sewage and rainwater before spilling starts.

England, like much of the world, has a combined sewage system meaning that rainwater and sewage share the same pipes.

Maximo survived by catching rainwater in his boat and eating whatever he could find.

Environment Secretary Steve Reed is to pledge to ensure "only rainwater" enters England's largest lake.