More than 140 people fell ill after a parasite contaminated drinking water in Devon, triggering one of the most serious public health incidents to hit a UK water supplier in recent years. Now, the former chief executive of the company at the centre of the crisis has been awarded a £270,000 bonus after an earlier decision to withhold the payment was reversed.
Susan Davy, the former chief executive of Pennon, the parent company of South West Water, received the payout despite continuing scrutiny over the cryptosporidium outbreak that disrupted daily life for thousands of residents in and around Brixham.
