To think this should be front page news?

[worrieddaughter97]

A town in this country is living in third world conditions, with poisoned tap water!

Yet these people take hundreds of thousands of pounds in bonuses every year!

https://news.sky.com/story/brixham-water-disease-outbreak-may-last-a-week-and-infected-could-be-ill-for-up-to-a-month-expert-warns-13136944

This. Ridiculous comparison. And it’s for a week or so at most and then they can forget about it. Imagine drinking dirty water every day of your life?

I agree. It's awful. Feel sorry for everyone affected.

We need a charity single, a stadium concert, and a blitz of tv ads.

I honestly think that Labour should put renationalisation of the water industry in its manifesto. Not only because I think it would be the right thing to do, but also because it would be a massive vote winner.

I can’t believe people are minimising this actually. I’m guessing these people must be really poorly requiring medical treatment or how would anyone know about it if it were just a run of the mill vomiting bug? Whilst the terminology of ‘third world conditions’ might be out of date, having clean safe drinking water is a big signifier of a ‘developed’ nation and the U.K. falls short of this. Our entire water system is crumbling and I’d put money on the fact that this happens more often than is reported. When I’ve visited developing nations, at least I was aware that there was a chance the water could make you poorly. It’s outrageous that in the U.K. we believe we’re drinking safe clean water and it’s not. The rivers are full of actual shit. Bad V&D can be incredibly dangerous for some demographics. People may have had their lives threatened by this and all the while shareholders are pocketing millions from pillaging the U.Ks ‘assets’. It’s truly disgusting.

There should be compulsory purchase by the government and it should be nationalised.

Its utterly disgraceful and the tip of the polluted poisonous and undrinkable iceberg

I can’t believe people are minimising this actually.

What wold you have us do ?

Also, it's probably not a bad idea to get rid of the idea of clean drinking water on tap at will. (Which is what the preppers have been saying for years).

If we want clear drinking water on tap, we need to earn it. And that takes investment, expertise, time and resources. We clearly have no interest in that sort of nonsense, and this is what happens. Too late now. This is the first of many consequences.

Unsure what paper you have where it isn't? It was lead story on radio news.

Will no one think of the shareholders ? Doesn't their right to clean money outweigh access to drinking water ? Which, lets face it, you can get from any old shop.

I don't think it's coincidental that Scottish Water , which is still in public ownership, regularly tops surveys for customer service and for tap water quality.

It's nothing new
Happened about 10 years ago in my area and we had to boil water for a month. Wasn't front page news then either but we are in the north so...

Oh and there was no water distributed

www.blogpreston.co.uk/2017/10/cause-of-the-united-utilities-cryptosporidium-outbreak-is-revealed/amp/

If we want clear drinking water on tap, we need to earn it. And that takes investment, expertise, time and resources. We clearly have no interest in that sort of nonsense, and this is what happens.

South West Water have had 35 years to invest in the system, as have all the other Water companies.

Rather proving my point, really then.

We have no interest in these things - and haven't for the best part of 3 generations.

Still, national insurance eh ? A penny off. Just think of how much more the bosses will be getting now.

Clean water is so last century.

It’s terrible that this is happening . But there is no way you can compare it with third world standards and I find this more appalling than the problem.

@SerendipityJane obviously not saying that. Just I keep seeing uproar online about it and when it happened to us with no end in sight it felt like it was barely mentioned
Think they gave us £60 compensation after a month

It’s appalling, but it was on BBC breakfast yesterday so did get National news coverage.

I agree. We should be marching on Westminster because of the state of our water, rivers and seas. It makes my blood boil. The criminals in charge, both govt and water company bosses belong in jail.

I'm sure they'll get it sorted in time for all those MPs with second homes to holiday there safely in the summer...

Are you really surprised? This government has destroyed the UK one way and another.

Malaysia is considered a third world country and they do have parasites in water. I was born there and it's nothing to do about the lack of tap or bottled water.

It’s been a top news story for days. The link you shared is, itself, from Sky News, one of the biggest news outlets in the country.

Why ? It's what we voted for.

Two pounds to water aid will provide clean and safe drinking water for the people of Brixham for a month....