If a politician was still directly in charge of water in this country then there would be no need for petitions, the people would be a-threatening electoral consequences.
Public ownership of water supply was clearly superior to the rip-off third-world joke we get these days.
I have phoned United Utilities a few times, they really are saying very little and will only say they are doing everything they can. They claim the "Drinking Water Inspectorate" (another feeble toothless regulator?) is carrying out a "criminal investigation" and that's why they can't comment.
It is affecting cafes and other places serving hot drinks and causing problems for care homes etc.
At the very least, some senior people should be sacked and the dividend cancelled for this financial year >:(
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"Carnage has broken out in supermarkets as people affected by a water bug have reportedly been physically wrestling bottles of water from each other.
Hundreds of thousands of people are being warned not to drink tap water after a potentially dangerous bug was found in tap supplies in the North West.
Cryptosporidium, which can cause diarrhoea, stomach cramps and vomiting, was detected during routine tests at a water treatment works."
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/carnage-supermarkets-panicked-shoppers-wrestle-6213975
They'll have southern accents.
https://www.change.org/p/rt-hon-david-cameron-mp-amp-defra-i-want-a-parliamentary-inquiry-into-how-cryptosporidium-got-into-lancashire-s-drinking-water?utm_source=action_alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=376404&alert_id=LaSPkRrCjD_GXzs6Bt1A%2B5GMAPAQuhuHzI9zkkcBbSv9zj19phku0s%3D
Imagine the stink if this happened in London...
Public ownership of water supply was clearly superior to the rip-off third-world joke we get these days.
It is affecting cafes and other places serving hot drinks and causing problems for care homes etc.
At the very least, some senior people should be sacked and the dividend cancelled for this financial year >:(
Blimey, I'd be a bit peed off too by now.
Yes it bloody well is. ...
FY1 3
FY2 9
PR1 0
PR1 1
PR1 2
PR1 3
PR1 4
PR1 5
PR1 6
PR1 7
PR1 8
PR1 9
PR2 1
PR2 2
PR2 6
PR7 2
PR7 3
PR7 4 are all clear, but double check the website!
http://www.unitedutilities.com/fylde-boiled-water-postcode.aspx
Disgraceful behaviour.