Rag relief for overflow screen

A combined sewage overflow system comprising:(i) a Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) body comprising a first chamber;

• an escape chamber arranged adjacent the first chamber and separated from the first chamber by a perforated screen, wherein the first chamber and the escape chamber are in fluid communication with one another;
• a second chamber arranged adjacent the first chamber and in fluid communication with the first chamber, wherein the CSO body defines an effluent inlet for effluent ingress into the first chamber;
• and wherein the CSO body defines an effluent outlet for effluent egress from the second chamber;
• and (ii) a Venturi device located within the CSO body, the Venturi device comprising:
• a Venturi body defining a fluid passageway therethrough, the Venturi body having a first end portion defining a fluid inlet;
• a second end portion opposing the first end portion, the second end portion defining a fluid outlet and an opposing Venturi inlet in fluid communication with the fluid outlet:
• and a mid-portion located between the first and second end portions;
• and a Venturi pipe located between the fluid outlet and the Venturi inlet and in fluid communication with both, wherein the Venturi pipe is narrower in cross section than the Venturi inlet, and wherein the fluid inlet comprises an intake funnel that decreases in width in a direction towards the fluid passageway, wherein the fluid inlet is arranged within the first chamber and adjacent the perforated screen to receive fluid from the first chamber, and the Venturi inlet is arranged to receive fluid from the first chamber distal to the perforated screen.