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.
Boil water notice lifted for further 86,000 homes
United Utilities has lifted the boiled water advice in further parts of Lancashire. People in Chorley, Preston and South Ribble no longer need to boil their tap water. A further 86,000 properties are included in the latest lift, bringing the total number of homes and businesses now able to use their water as normal to half of the original area.
To check which postcodes are now lifted, click here.
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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.