BAN THE BUG; Law to jail bosses over dirty water.(News)

From: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) | Date: August 12, 2002 | Copyright information

Byline: PAUL SINCLAIR EXCLUSIVE

SCOTTISH Water bosses face jail if a killer bug ever gets into our tap supplies again.

A move is under way to bring in a new law which will make it a criminal offence to supply water with the potent-ially deadly cryptosporidium bug in it.

Supporters of the new law want to prevent a repeat of last week's water alerts in Glasgow and Edinburgh.

SNP Environment spokesman Bruce Crawford is to put the amendment ...

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