Bristol Water has confirmed its “boil water notice”, which has been in place since Thursday (11 January) after the discovery of cryptosporidium at its Clevedon treatment works, has been lifted.
Residents have had to boil water all weekend, but have been advised the tap water is now safe to drink again.
Following consultation and advice from Public Health England, customers in the Clevedon area no longer need to boil their water before use, the water company said.
Bristol Water apologised for the incident and said, “all properties in BS21 would receive an automatic compensation payment”.
The Clevedon treatment works was taken out of operation, following the discovery of cryptosporidium and a boil notice was issued to 7,000 properties as a “precaution”. Three schools were also closed on Friday (12 January).
A Bristol Water spokesperson, said: “Over the last few days we have been taking samples from the treated water storage reservoir in Clevedon and at customers’ houses. No cryptosporidium has been detected in any of these samples.
“We have also fully flushed the water network in the area meaning the network now has a fresh supply from other sources.
“Consequently, following consultation and advice from Public Health England, we are now lifting the precautionary boil water notice.”
They added: “We understand that this has caused significant inconvenience, and we apologise to all of our customers affected by the disruption and thank them for their understanding. The health and safety of all our customers is always our highest priority and our decisions are based on this principle.”