South West Water fined £1.8m over Devon parasite outbreak

Water firm fined £1.8m over parasite outbreak18 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleKirk England,South West environment and tourism correspondentandLisa Young,South WestBBCThere were more than 140 confirmed cases of illness during the 54-day incident in May 2024South West Water has been fined almost £2m after the supply in and around Brixham, Devon, was contaminated with the parasite cryptosporidium.Four people were hospitalised and there were more than 140 confirmed cases of sickness... Utility company pleaded guilty to criminal offence of supplying water unfit for humans‘My son is still suffering’: the ill effects of water contamination in ‘Brixham incident’A utility company has been fined £1.85m for supplying water unfit for human consumption after a parasite outbreak made hundreds of people sick and forced thousands of households to boil their water.South West Water (SWW) pleaded guilty to the criminal offence relating to a cryptosporidiosis outbreak in Brixham, Devon, in th...