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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Ross

‘I went to hospital after drinking tap water. Now my water bill has gone up 62 per cent in two years’

A mother-of-four who helped expose an outbreak of cryptosporidiosis in a Devon town after falling ill while drinking tap water says an inflation-busting hike in her bill had left her even more frustrated by the ordeal.

Tanya Matthews went to hospital for a colonoscopy after months of persistent symptoms, such as diarrhoea and stomach cramps, following the release of the parasite into Brixham’s water supply.

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