Thousands Warned Not To Use Water Supply

Thousands of people in parts of Derbyshire and Leicestershire have been warned not to use their water supply because of abnormal chlorine levels. Around 3,700 Severn Trent customers in postcodes DE11, DE15, DE65, DE73 and the LE65 area were told they should not drink, wash or even flush the toilet until further notice. The water company said the warning was a precaution while it investigates "a problem with higher than normal levels of chlorine" at one of its service reservoirs.