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15-05-2024, 12:46 PM | #1 | |||
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[People across south Devon have been
advised to boil their tap water after 16 cases of a diarrhoea-type illness were confirmed. A further 70 suspected cases are also being investigated. The UK Health Security Agency said cryptosporidium was "predominantly a waterborne disease". Infections can be caused by drinking contaminated water or swallowing it in swimming pools or streams. Image shows South West Water vans in the area] https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd1q1d51w27o Last edited by arista; 15-05-2024 at 12:47 PM. |
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15-05-2024, 12:47 PM | #2 | |||
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I usually buy sparkling water. My tap was is ok, but just doesn't taste very nice. So I only use it for cooking or the kettle.
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15-05-2024, 01:01 PM | #3 | |||
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15-05-2024, 01:02 PM | #4 | |||
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Totally normal for a world leading super power country
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15-05-2024, 01:06 PM | #5 | |||
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15-05-2024, 01:46 PM | #6 | |||
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This Witch doesn't burn
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what they have done to the waterways is disgusting
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15-05-2024, 08:43 PM | #7 | ||
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I stopped drinking tap water a couple of years ago. Even my kettle gets spring water.
If I taste tap water now, it has both a horrible smell and taste. |
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15-05-2024, 11:38 PM | #8 | |||
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17-05-2024, 12:30 AM | #9 | |||
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BBC News Text:
[The paper leads with a report on Britain's water companies are now discharging so much sewage into the nation's rivers - a 54% increase in 2023 - that they are unable to tackle major discharges just down the road from their own company headquarters.] |
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17-05-2024, 12:56 AM | #10 | |||
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17-05-2024, 09:57 AM | #11 | |||
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Just be careful in general guys.
They're reporting about South West England for now, but normally the Government doesn't tell the whole truth straight away (think back to the early days of Covid) and basically stock up on bottled water for the time being would be my advice.
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17-05-2024, 11:15 AM | #12 | |||
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I heard something about animal waste getting into the system ??
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17-05-2024, 12:31 PM | #13 | |||
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Yeah, drink bottled water. It's really cheap these days.
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17-05-2024, 12:33 PM | #14 | |||
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I feel quite lucky to know exactly where my water is coming from and how far it's travelled... ALWAYS sus about "city water". I'll shower in it but I sure as heck ain't drinking it.
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17-05-2024, 12:35 PM | #15 | |||
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17-05-2024, 12:36 PM | #16 | |||
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You do sometimes get it for Ł1.50 on a clubcard deal which always makes for an exciting, if heavy, trip to the shop .
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17-05-2024, 12:37 PM | #17 | |||
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I drink it sometimes, but only if they don't have sparkling.
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17-05-2024, 12:52 PM | #18 | ||
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17-05-2024, 01:42 PM | #19 | |||
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I can’t understand how these companies are allowed to dump sewage in the first place !!!!
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17-05-2024, 02:12 PM | #20 | |||
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The way to stop it would be to make the CEO of the company criminally responsible (prison time, not financial cost) if they knowingly allow this to happen. |
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18-05-2024, 10:54 AM | #21 | |||
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They located the Valve
and now fixed it. It was coming off from a Farm loads animal poo. Last edited by arista; 18-05-2024 at 10:55 AM. |
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18-05-2024, 11:00 AM | #22 | |||
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I drink sparkling water. Tap is vile.
A bottle of Ashbecks is 70p.
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18-05-2024, 12:38 PM | #23 | |||
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Same. Love sparkling water. Sometimes I get natural water as well.
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18-05-2024, 03:59 PM | #24 | |||
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I've never drank water from the tap for about three years. Ever since I saw stringy white things in a glass of water I poured to drink.
Luckily I saw what this sh** water actually looks like. I don't even use the water for coffee. All bottled water. No stringy things. I brush my teeth in bottled water. I do use tap water to wash my clothes and shower. I remember telling this to people on another forum and they said I am overacting. Proof I wasn't. |
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18-05-2024, 04:52 PM | #25 | |||
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The diarrhoea-type illness
has infected, over 200 people reports have said. The Good News now is the water company has fixed the leak that was coming from a Farm outlet. |
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