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Residents in the affected area have been told to boil tap water before drinking it.

Council says primary school in Brixham shut due to having no drinking water as cases of cryptosporidiosis investigated

Totnes MP Anthony Mangnall, whose constituency also includes Brixham, says a damaged valve 'may have allowed animal waste or contaminated groundwater to enter the local supply'

South West Water has apologised for a waterborne disease outbreak in Devon after a parasite was found in a key reservoir. Residents in parts of Brixha...

South Devon residents are in a contamination crisis, with many ill from a cryptosporidium parasite found in the water supply. South West Water is urging locals to boil before drinking

A grandmother has been rushed to hospital after drinking from water supplies contaminated with a microscopic parasite in Devon.

Elaine Hollier, 80, from Brixham, Devon, was taken away by paramedics on Saturday 11 May after suffering severe dehydration and vomiting for two weeks.

A disease outbreak in drinking water supplies in south Devon has left 16,000 people unable to use their tap water without boiling it as South West Water scrambles to solve the issue - which may have been caused by cow faeces leaking into water pipes.

Around 16,000 households and businesses in the Brixham area of Devon have been told not to use their tap water for drinking without boiling it first.

Around 16,000 households and businesses in the Brixham area of Devon have been told not to use their tap water for drinking without boiling it first.