Global Heating Will Increase Parasite Outbreaks–SWW
By Paul Homewood
h/t Paul Kolk
First we had the boss of Network Rail blaming the Stonehaven crash on global warming, before his company was fined for negligence.
Now SSW are trying to deflect the blame for the cryptosporidium outbreak in Devon:
The owner of South West Water has warned that global heating will increase the risk of outbreaks of the parasite that caused diarrhoea and vomiting in south Devon. Pennon Group said that “gradual and significant increasing average and high temperatures” could pose “risks to water quality and water treatment” – including the cryptosporidium parasite – in its annual report, published this week
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As the BBC reported a month ago, responsibility for the outbreak lay solely with SWW themselves:
The boss of South West Water (SWW) says she is "truly sorry" for the outbreak of a diarrhoea-type illness in south Devon.
A total of 22 cases of cryptosporidiosis were confirmed in the Brixham area by UKHSA on Wednesday, with more than 100 people reporting symptoms to their GP in the last week.
SWW said it believed it had located the source where the parasite could have entered the water network.
About 16,000 homes and businesses have been served boil water notices, with SWW CEO Susan Davy saying the company had "fallen significantly short".
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crgyg47wg16o
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The idea that slightly warmer reservoirs will make any difference to the parasite is patent nonsense, and fraudulent.
The simple fact is that cryptosporidium is already endemic in the UK, and around the world regardless of climate.
That is why water companies are supposed to go to such lengths in water treatment to kill of parasites like this one and many others.
That is why in the last two months at least two petting farms, which invite families to cuddle barnyard animals, have also been hit by suspected cryptosporidium outbreaks.
It’s a simple question of hygiene, not climate.
NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT 
Quite correct.
After graduating in Civil & Structural Engineering in 1969, I worked in the potable water industry, until achieving Chartered Engineer status and moving to working for the affordable and reliable energy industry (Coal) Ho, Ho, in 1976.
Even as Honours Undergaduates we were taught about cryptosporidium, always strictly guarded against whilst I worked in the industry (and even in coal mining for water supply and showering facilities.
Disgraceful (but unsurprising) that an average temperature rise of possibly 1ºC over 150 years is blamed rather than their gross incompetence.
It’s now the go to excuse for shoddy management
Can anyone think of an industry that is a shining example of corporate failure – bar stuffing money in owners pockets – than the water industry? To be fair they have stuffed some money my way but consider how many of the companies are not publicly listed such as the basket case Thames Water. I didn’t even know my supplier was Japanese owned until it was sold on.
Is it not warmer on the Continent already?
Holidaying Brits expect that but they might get a soaking, or even fail to land at waterlogged airports, in eastern Spain at the moment.
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/majorca-holidaymakers-facing-more-rain-082606662.html
Britain in May isn’t going to have much ‘global heating’ to worry about. Anything near room temperature is a bonus.
Same in June as just past noon my lounge temperature is barely above the CH trigger temperature. GB News had somebody on yesterday who was saying that we shouldn’t expect any improvement in the next week or so, and no, it certainly wasn’t Dim Dale.
Please, its SWW not SSW, as a Devonian who has been paying exorbitant bills to the swine for years I have many headed bills to testify to the fact! However, its the Pennon Group taking the profits and doing NOTHING to earn them!
Here in Aberdeenshire we had a cryptosporidium outbreak about 1990.
its a lot colder here than South Devon
biggest mistake ever was privatising water. We moved from incompetent management under government control struggling to get capital investment to incompetent management stealing loadsa money and sending it to overseas owners leaving bugger all for capital investment
I agree, in fact all utilities should be under Govt control, not overseas entities who are simply using them as cash cows
You might think that, but many decades of government control meant that water and sewerage were always the first items to be cut from spending on the grounds that they are long lived assets, so it doesn’t matter. Much of the system dates from Victorian times, and the lack of spending left it in a thoroughly decrepit state. Privatisation had the big benefit that the companies were contracted to get on with repairing the system. Unfortunately the EU Water Directives (still with us despite Brexit) intervened to require this to be done in costly ways, and also preventing such obvious measures as new aqueducts and pipelines to improve supply to water stressed regions. OFWAT failed to understand that ZIRP was not forever, and so ensured that water companies became debt laden and subsequently bankrupt when interest rates rose.
Prof Gordon Hughes who comments here occasionally has a more detailed insider view that he wrote up on his substack. Worth a read if you want to understand the picture properly.
https://cloudwisdom.substack.com/p/thames-water-and-the-limits-of-regulation
https://cloudwisdom.substack.com/p/thames-water-and-the-limits-of-regulation-3e0
He demolishes the idea of renationalisation in part 3
https://cloudwisdom.substack.com/p/thames-water-and-the-limits-of-regulation-55a
IDAU
As you say much of our sewage and water infrastructure is Victorian and much pre-war (Falklands).
At privatisation we were assured that this would insure investment and an improvement in service.
I still waiting for something to happen on that front.
There was a big investment, but directed by political demands, not sensible balanced consideration.
Water is much like net zero: regulation has demanded spending that in not very cost effective. Then when the money ran out investment dried up.
Read Gordon’s write-up – it’s good.
biggest mistake ever was privatising water
It demonstrably didn’t work very well, but publically owned or privately owned is not a key issue.
Key issues are:
Competent, “well-intentioned” management / workforce / contractors, incentivised by reward for good performance and punishment for poor performance.
Key issues are sensible regulation, not the EU Water Directive with its high cost solutions and OFWAT’s lack of understanding of long term finance, and sensible politicians who don’t make stupid uncosted commitments to voters and then backtrack when the bill comes in.
Correct Paul, Water Companies are failing in their most basic of requirements, sufficient amounts of clean drinking water and an efficient sewage system, yet Chief Execs enjoy £multi million pay packages, pay out bumper shares and send operating profits back to their HQ overseas – a lack of investment to cater for 12Mn extra people over the last 10 years,maws always going to bump into reality – like everything in Britain under Uniparty control, it doesn’t work
Oh the Klymutt Sheyngshe blame game!
I notice guardianista language- global heating not warming. Clearly he’s lying.
Never mind, there’s the risk of another ice age in the next decade:
https://murciatoday.com/europe_could_be_in_for_a_new_ice_age_and_it_will_happen_sooner_than_you_think_1000076027-a.html
The “climate” agenda most certainly increases the number of parisites !