A pensioner says he is worried that raw sewage will flood his home if a fault drain is not fixed. Paul Nesbitt has faeces running past his home due to the problem.
He has lived in his village home for six years, but said this year the ancient drainage could no longer cope with heavy rain. It has left sewage running along the footpath by the side of his home. It then flows into the road outside and into a nearby stream, said Paul, 73.
Paul, who has won the highest number of trophies in Cornwall with his singing, told CornwallLive: "We've had 11 tankers come to the village to try to sort out the drains in two weeks. They came to clear the sewage pipe in the middle of the road, but it's not working.
"My issue is that there is raw sewage floating outside my drive because the pipes are too small to take it all when it rains heavily. The risk is that it will start backing up into my house or going into my yard. South West Water can pressure-wash it down all they want, it doesn't solve the problem."
The retired construction worker, who lives in Stithians, Cornwall, said sewage had been floating outside his house for two weeks, but the issue had not been solved: "I called them again about on Sunday (January 15) and they said this was a priority call and they'd be out within four hours, but they never turned up. That pipe below the path is four inches wide. It's no longer coping. It needs to be dug up and replaced with a bigger one, or the problem will continue and all South West Water will do is pressure-wash sewage off the road again and again."
A spokesperson for South West Water said: "We are aware of an issue with overflowing manhole covers in Foundry Hill, which was reported to us last week. This has been caused by heavy localised rainfall, which at times is overloading the network. Our teams have been working hard on site, using tankers to divert flows away from the area and carrying out a thorough clean-up.
"Tankering will continue as a temporary measure. We are investigating potential sources of ground water infiltration in the area and have investment planned in the catchment to increase network capacity to reduce the risk of this happening again."
