The area’s drainage system is under stress following recent heavy rainfalls. St Germans Pumping Station, operated by the Middle Level Commissioners, has been working harder than ever before discharging 77 cubic metres of water per second – a level it has never previously needed to operate at. The giant station has a maximum capacity of 100 cubic metres a second when all six of its pumps are working at their absolute maximum. The whole Middle-Level system is dependent on artificial pumped drainage and river embankments to move excess water from the lowest land in the country into the River Grea…
