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Welsh Water ends boil order as tap water restrictions lifted

During the recent heatwave, residents in Rhondda Cynon Taf were instructed to boil their tap water following a pipe burst at Welsh Water’s Maerdy treatment works. This failure resulted in untreated water, contaminated with traces of the parasite cryptosporidium, entering the local water supply. Consequently, a five-day precautionary boil water notice was put in place,…