Fraudsters have targeted people affected by the Devon cryptosporidium crisis, with the company increasing compensation after a backlash.
Hundreds of people are thought to have fallen ill from the parasite, and around 16,000 households and businesses in the area were told not to use their tap water without boiling and cooling it first. Most have been told they can now drink the water again by South West Water the company responsible, whose CEO has apologised. The cryptosporidium is likely to have got into the local water supply through a faulty valve.
" Local MP Anthony Mangnall said on Saturday: "The predominant failure is the fact that earlier in the week, South West Water was asked whether or not this was to do with their network and they categorically ruled it out, only for them to change their position 24 hours later, which I think is contemptible and just generally incompetent - and it's put a lot of people's health at risk.
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