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The MP for the Brixham area of south Devon hit by a diarrhoea outbreak has branded South West Water’s response “disastrous” as the Mirror reveals the firm has been fined 18 times in the last decade
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Families on Raddicombe Close in Brixham, South Devon were repeatedly assured that their water was safe to drink despite reporting that it had an unpleasant taste and was causing sickness.
Locals in Brixham, Boohay, Kingswear, Roseland and north-east Paignton in Devon were all told to boil water as a precaution.
The mystery illness is believed to be linked to cryptosporidium, a parasitic bug that that can enter water supplies via contaminated faecal matter.