Tap Water is Safe to Drink

07/08/2007

Severn Trent has announced that tap water is now safe to drink for the 140,000 homes that had their supplies interrupted when Mythe water treatment works was flooded.

Results from intensive quality sampling and testing confirm that restored tap water supplies meet all the strict quality standards set by the Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI). This means that people no longer need to boil tap water before drinking it.

Tony Wray, Severn Trent Water's managing director, said: 'The intensive programme of sampling and testing has confirmed that restored tap water supplies are once again completely safe to drink. Tap water can now be used for cleaning teeth, washing dishes, preparing food and infant formula and ice-making.

'We had to be 100 per cent certain that all supplies were back up to the normal high standards before we could remove the 'boil tap water' instruction.

'This whole incident has been unprecedented and we recognise the immense inconvenience that so many of our customers have faced during the last two weeks. We greatly admire everyone's resilience and the neighbourly spirit that has been evident throughout and want to thank them for their patience and tolerance of the situation,' added Tony.

Supplies of bottled water will remain available until the incident closes but the majority of bowsers have been withdrawn.

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