![Ben Birchall People collect bottled water at Broadsands Car Park in Paignton, England, Friday May 17, 2024. Around 16,000 households and businesses in the Brixham area of Devon have been told not to use their tap water for drinking without boiling and cooling it first, following the discovery of small traces of a parasite in the local water network. (Ben Birchall/PA via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/f60969c8f23b4f6f8bdd07a2620f3bc6/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
People collect bottled water at Broadsands Car Park in Paignton, England, Friday May 17, 2024. Around 16,000 households and businesses in the Brixham area of Devon have been told not to use their tap water for drinking without boiling and cooling it first, following the discovery of small traces of a parasite in the local water network. (Ben Birchall/PA via AP)
![Ben Birchall People collect bottled water at Freshwater car park in Brixham, England, Friday May 17, 2024. Around 16,000 households and businesses in the Brixham area of Devon have been told not to use their tap water for drinking without boiling and cooling it first, following the discovery of small traces of a parasite in the local water network. (Ben Birchall/PA via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/be777055dc4048f3b5599b12b3919e48/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
People collect bottled water at Freshwater car park in Brixham, England, Friday May 17, 2024. Around 16,000 households and businesses in the Brixham area of Devon have been told not to use their tap water for drinking without boiling and cooling it first, following the discovery of small traces of a parasite in the local water network. (Ben Birchall/PA via AP)
![Ben Birchall People collect bottled water at Broadsands Car Park in Paignton, England, Friday May 17, 2024. Around 16,000 households and businesses in the Brixham area of Devon have been told not to use their tap water for drinking without boiling and cooling it first, following the discovery of small traces of a parasite in the local water network. (Ben Birchall/PA via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/94bb18949e2d4768a471697a981d61be/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
People collect bottled water at Broadsands Car Park in Paignton, England, Friday May 17, 2024. Around 16,000 households and businesses in the Brixham area of Devon have been told not to use their tap water for drinking without boiling and cooling it first, following the discovery of small traces of a parasite in the local water network. (Ben Birchall/PA via AP)
![Ben Birchall Bottled water is seen at Freshwater car park in Brixham, England, Friday May 17, 2024. Around 16,000 households and businesses in the Brixham area of Devon have been told not to use their tap water for drinking without boiling and cooling it first, following the discovery of small traces of a parasite in the local water network. (Ben Birchall/PA via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/40c3d9700a42481f805d80cc7f128a47/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Bottled water is seen at Freshwater car park in Brixham, England, Friday May 17, 2024. Around 16,000 households and businesses in the Brixham area of Devon have been told not to use their tap water for drinking without boiling and cooling it first, following the discovery of small traces of a parasite in the local water network. (Ben Birchall/PA via AP)
![Piers Mucklejohn Sally Dart, who runs Flotsam 50 near Brixham Harbour, a shop that sells artwork, furniture, and flowers poses in Brixham, Friday May 17, 2024. Around 16,000 homes and businesses in the Brixham area of Devon were told to boil water after cryptosporidium, a microscopic parasite that causes diarrhea, was found in the water. Sally Dart, who runs a housewares shop near Brixham Harbor, said people in town first began feeling ill two weeks ago during a pirate festival. "No one was checking the quality of the water and we’ve all got sick and it’s stupid,” she said. (Piers Mucklejohn/PA via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/0ff9dadf09674636a54345f14eb1bd24/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Sally Dart, who runs Flotsam 50 near Brixham Harbour, a shop that sells artwork, furniture, and flowers poses in Brixham, Friday May 17, 2024. Around 16,000 homes and businesses in the Brixham area of Devon were told to boil water after cryptosporidium, a microscopic parasite that causes diarrhea, was found in the water. Sally Dart, who runs a housewares shop near Brixham Harbor, said people in town first began feeling ill two weeks ago during a pirate festival. "No one was checking the quality of the water and we’ve all got sick and it’s stupid,” she said. (Piers Mucklejohn/PA via AP)
![Piers Mucklejohn A general view of Brixham Harbour, in Brixham, Devon, Friday May 17, 2024. Around 16,000 homes and businesses in the Brixham area of Devon were told to boil water after cryptosporidium, a microscopic parasite that causes diarrhea, was found in the water. At least 46 cases of cryptosporidiosis have been confirmed and more than 100 other people have reported similar symptoms, the U.K. Health Security Agency said. Cases can last more than two weeks. (Piers Mucklejohn/PA via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/1b6eda65eb8d40e18c68103446133294/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
A general view of Brixham Harbour, in Brixham, Devon, Friday May 17, 2024. Around 16,000 homes and businesses in the Brixham area of Devon were told to boil water after cryptosporidium, a microscopic parasite that causes diarrhea, was found in the water. At least 46 cases of cryptosporidiosis have been confirmed and more than 100 other people have reported similar symptoms, the U.K. Health Security Agency said. Cases can last more than two weeks. (Piers Mucklejohn/PA via AP)