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Evening Standard
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Lydia Chantler-Hicks

Brixham: Water firm apologises as expert says Devon dirty water crisis 'could last two weeks'

Cases of a waterborne disease caused by a microscopic parasite in a coastal area of Devon could continue for two more weeks, an expert has warned.

Dozens of visitors and residents in the Brixham area are said to have fallen ill after drinking tap water contaminated with a parasite, which is believed to have been caused by manure entering the water supply.

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