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Water staff told 'keep quiet' over Camelford poisoning

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-11678383

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Staff from a company involved in the UK's worst mass water poisoning were told to keep quiet about what had happened, an inquest has been told.
Twenty tonnes of aluminium sulphate were accidentally added to the water supply in Camelford, Cornwall, in 1988.
A former manager at the South West Water Authority (SWWA) said senior managers did not want the public knowing what had gone wrong that July.

I still remember the secrecy surrounding this incident..

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-11667471

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-11667340

How in hell did they get away with covering it up for so long?:confused:

Re: Water staff told 'keep quiet' over Camelford poisoning

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South West Water came into being in 1989 with the privatisation of the water industry. We inherited a water system suffering from a century of neglect but, thanks to the tireless work of our 1,300 employees, have brought the region's drinking water, sewerage systems and bathing waters into line with the stringent UK and European Union standards.

thats why gov-wanted to sell it
http://www.southwestwater.co.uk/index.cfm?articleid=128