Ms Cecchini is trying to downsize her house and, speaking to BBC Radio Somerset, said: “It’s incredibly stressful, it’s upsetting, it’s embarrassing, it affects every aspect of your life and people don’t want to visit you.

“This shouldn’t even be an issue. This should have been fixed immediately…it should have just been fixed.

“For it to last a year, it’s incredible.”

The flow comes from a sewer cover in the street and appeared to be flowing during the BBC’s visit, but videos also show water gushing out during rains.

Ms. Cecchini cares for her daughter, who was recently hospitalized with a weakened immune system while her neighbor recovers from prostate cancer.

She added that she had spoken to various authorities and organizations, including those responsible for environmental health, who told her that the waste was raw sewage, but that despite on-site visits and phone calls, no work was done. repair has not taken place.