Northwest Contaminated Water Area

Recent news on the affected water areas including Blackpool, Chorley, Fylde, and Preston, have been advised to boil there drinking water following from a report on the water containing Cryptosporidium. 

So what is Cryptosporidium?

Cryptosporidium is a protozoan parasite. There are two species associated with human infection; Cryptosporidium parvum and C. hominis.

Cryptosporidium affects the epithelial cells of the human gastrointestinal tract and other tissue such as the respiratory tract. It can also parasitse over 45 species of vertebrate including birds, fish, reptiles and mammals.

Infection with Cryptosporidium represents a wide range of severity from asymptomatic infections to life-threatening diarrhea. Asymptomatic infections are a likely source of infection for other people.

Please visit: http://www.lep.co.uk/news/local/water-scare-what-is-cryptosporidium-1-7397065 for more information.

If you are a Instanta customer and unsure how you are affected please contact us for advise on replacement filters and sanitisation of your water boiler.