‘They should beg for forgiveness’: Brixham seethes at water company

For Colin Sherratt, the first sign of trouble with his water supply was when his dog refused to drink from her bowl.

Marney, a papillon, knew something was amiss long before the water company that apologised on Thursday for allowing a parasite to infect the water supply for 16,000 households and businesses in Brixham, south Devon.

Sherratt, 74, and hundreds of other residents have been exposed to cryptosporidium, a microscopic bug that causes diarrhoea and vomiting and can be fatal for people with weakened immune systems.

Those who spoke to The Times on Friday were unimpressed with South West Water’s apology for the contamination, which was traced to a damaged air valve at the Hillhead reservoir that appears to have allowed tap water to be

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