Since last week, around 17,000 Brixham homes have been advised to boil their drinking water due to a cryptosporidiosis outbreak that has sickened hundreds of individuals.
Animal excrement getting into a damaged pipe is the most likely cause of the disease, which can cause vomiting and diarrhea. The disease is caused by a water-borne parasite.
Pennon Group, the listed business that operates South West Water, Bournemouth Water, and Bristol Water, reported that regular service had been restored to 85% of consumers as it released its annual.