LIARS TO THE LAST; But they knew about water bug 4 days before alert.(News) From: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) | Date: August 14, 2002 | COPYRIGHT 2002 Scottish Daily Record & Sunday. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: PAUL SINCLAIR EXCLUSIVE

SCOTTISH WATER took four days to tell people in Glasgow that their water was contaminated with a bug that can kill.

Water bosses had claimed that they discovered the cryptosporidium bug on Friday, August 2, then told 150,000 people in and around the city to boil their water the following day.

But the Daily Record understands that cryptosporidium was first detected in water tested on the Wednesday of that week.

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