Lancashire residents still have to boil tap water two weeks after outbreak

United Utilities says it is 'step closer' to lifting notice for 300,000 affected homes as potential compensation bill mounts following cryptosporidium outbreak

Concern and anger are rising in Lancashire more than two weeks after 300,000 homes were warned to boil tap water following an outbreak of a parasitic bug.

Facing a compensation bill of at least 15m, the water company United Utilities has announced new measures to kill off cryptosporidium after first finding the organism in a water treatment plant on 6 August.