Anglian Water contamination has made my family ill

[surfergirlmommy]

Hi all

In light of the admission from Anglian Water that the tap water in Northamptonshire and Daventry is unsafe due to cryptosporidium (sp), it finally made sense why both my 2 year old daughter and myself have been suffering with vomiting and diarrhoea for the past 48 hours.
Following the announcement I went out this morning and purchased as much bottled water as I could, along with most of Northamptonshire it would seem!
What I would like to know is can I claim the cost of the bottled water back from them and is there any way of claiming anything from them over the fact that my daughter and I have been ill? My husband had to take time off work to care for my daughter as I was too ill to do so for two days. Seems ridiculous to me that we pay a water bill yet something like this happens, I would also stick my neck out and say that this bug has been in the water for more than 5 days too.
Any thoughts or comments appreciated!

[2Grumpy]

You have my sympathy

If you really want to nail this I think that you would need to go to your doctors and ensure that sufficient samples were taken to prove what you have is cryptosporidium.

Just because you have similar symptoms doesn't mean that is the cause.

However even having gone to the doctors will probably help if you do try getting any compensation for this - it would at least prove that you were ill with those symptoms

[jonny0000]

Proof proof and more proof, especially as the symptoms are so similar to that of common illnesses

[BankFodder]

Originally Posted by jonny0000

Proof proof and more proof, especially as the symptoms are so similar to that of common illnesses

And coincidentally so similar to the symptoms of others who have been drinking contaminated water in Northampton