The English village of Barkstone has been supplied bottled water due to the detection of E. coli in some water samples earlier this month. Maintenance was being performed in the area allowed for dirt to get into the water supply, which caused some water samples to not meet strict standards after the work was completed. The houses in the affected area were supplied with drinking water until the pipes could be disinfected and follow-up testing could be completed.

Key Takeaways:

• A recent outbreak of E-coli in Vale of Belvoir has been found to affect approximately 30 families.
• Routine maintenance work in New Causeway, Barkestone, Me Vale preceded the finding of the contamination.
• It has been suggested that some dirt was inadvertently admitted into a water pipe, thereby causing the outbreak.

“Residents of a village in the Vale of Belvoir have been supplied with bottled water after it was reported that traces of e-coli had been found in the water supply.”

Read more: https://www.granthamjournal.co.uk/news/e-coli-found-in-water-supply-after-work-carried-out-on-pipes-9075812/