7 November 2008
The Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI) has criticised Anglian Water over a contamination scare in Northamptonshire which affected 250,000 people.
In June this year, consumers were told to boil their tap water before drinking it after a rabbit found its way into a wash water tank, the BBC reports.
This led to an outbreak of the cryptosporidium bug, which is known to cause stomach upsets in humans if they come into contact with it.
The DWI said a "failure of basic water supply hygiene arrangements" by Anglian Water was responsible for the contamination.
However, it also praised the company for its quick response to the problem, insisting it was Anglian Water's "robust monitoring procedures which raised the alarm and secured a quick and effective multi-agency response".
Meanwhile, according to Environmental Data Interactive, Dr Malcom Bell, Director of the food and water hygiene firm Technopath, has claimed that a lack of information about water contamination is causing "hysteria" among consumers.
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