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Thousands of Brixham Residents Told They Can Safely Drink Tap Water Again - Bloomberg

Devon Residents Told They Can Safely Drink Tap Water Again
A worker at the South West Water Hillhead Reservoir site in Brixham, UK, on May 18. Photographer: Hugh Hastings/Getty Images

Thousands of people can now safely drink their tap water again after days of being told to boil it first following a parasite outbreak, the region's water supplier has announced.

About 16,000 households and businesses in the Brixham area of Devon, supplied by South West Water (SWW), had been told not to use their tap water for drinking without boiling and cooling it first.

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