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Health Fears Triggered by Contaminated Flood Waters
The warnings came amid expectations of further water surges in southern England, with six severe flood warnings still in place, as tributaries feeding the River Thames engulfed several areas in the university city of Oxford overnight.
Of mounting concern, however, was the impact of contaminated flood waters on the health of affected towns, with one health expert recommending children not wade into the water.
"There are still very real health risks and hygiene risks -- it's vital people don't become complacent," Professor Ian Cluckie, chairman of the government-backed Flood Risk Management Research Consortium, was quoted as saying by the Daily Mail.
"The problem is the water ... will become contaminated with raw sewage which means that there will still be E coli in there," Cluckie said, adding that it could lead to cholera or dysentery.
Residents of areas impacted by the flooding could also come under mental strain, with the Health Protection Agency saying in a statement, according to The Times: "The biggest risk is overwhelmingly from mental stress. It is very physically and emotionally draining to deal with."
Utility Severn Trent has set up 900 bowsers -- mobile water tankers -- in Tewkesbury and the nearby cities of Cheltenham and Gloucester, while the army has been drafted in to provide four million litres of bottled drinking water amid warnings that water supplies to parts of Gloucestershire could be cut off for at least two weeks.
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