§ Mrs. Helen JacksonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment when he last(a) commissioned and (b) published a report on the prevention of cryptosporidium contamination of drinking water supplies. [18886]
§ Mr. ClappisonFollowing a waterborne outbreak of cryptosporidiosis in 1989, my Department jointly with the Department of Health set up an expert group under the late Sir John Badenoch which made a study and published its first report in 1990. The recommended research was put in hand and the group published its final report in 1995. These reports made a number of recommendations on good practice, particularly on monitoring and the operation of treatment works. Both reports were widely circulated to water companies, local authorities and health authorities.