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Residents are likely to have to boil tap water for another week following the discovery of small traces of a parasite in the local water network, an MP said.
Around 16,000 households and businesses in the Brixham area of Devon have been told not to use their tap water for drinking without boiling and cooling it first.
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said 22 cases of cryptosporidium, a waterborne disease caused by a microscopic parasite, had been confirmed in the fishing town.
Ben Harris-Quinney from The Bow Group: "Massive increase in population, under investment and the result is pollution of our waters."
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