Flooding defences got waterlogged
14 December 2012
Last updated at 15:57 GMT
The Kempsey pumps are meant to work with other defences, to protect the village
The sensor had become waterlogged during heavy rainfall, the Environment Agency-commissioned report found.
The defences were only completed earlier this year.
The flood defence pumps were officially unveiled in July, as part of the project that included earth embankments and a series of sluice gates.
They were tested successfully during floods in the summer.
The scheme followed a 20-year campaign by villagers, who set up the Kempsey Flood Action Group in 2009.
The Kempsey pumps are meant to work with other defences, to protect the village
A
faulty sensor caused the failure of £1.5m flood defences which led to 20
homes being flooded in a Worcestershire village, a report has found.
Two pumps, designed to start automatically during flooding, failed to activate in Kempsey in the early hours of 25 November.The sensor had become waterlogged during heavy rainfall, the Environment Agency-commissioned report found.
The defences were only completed earlier this year.
The flood defence pumps were officially unveiled in July, as part of the project that included earth embankments and a series of sluice gates.
They were tested successfully during floods in the summer.
The scheme followed a 20-year campaign by villagers, who set up the Kempsey Flood Action Group in 2009.
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