Boil water notice lifted for thousands of homes
Thousands of homes have had the boil water notice lifted by United Utilities. It is after a three week ban after an outbreak of the parasitic bug Cryptosporidium.
List of postcodes cleared to use tap water in Lancashire
United Utilities has issued a list of the postcodes cleared to use tap water without boiling after the cryptosporidium outbreak. The cleared postcodes are
- FY1 2
- 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
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300,000 Lancashire homes still boiling tap water
300,000 homes in Lancashire are still boiling their tap-water more than two weeks after an outbreak of the parasitic bug Cryptosporidium.
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Water tests under way as 'boil water' warning continues
Hundreds of thousands of people in Lancashire have been warned to continue boiling tap water.
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What is Cryptosporidium?
Click here to find out more about Cryptosporidium and how it may affect you.