POLLUTED water was pouring from taps in Ribble Valley homes, Shadow Environment Minister Allan Roberts claimed.
The contamination, with traces of "potentially toxic" aluminium, was sufficiently severe for the North West Water Authority to have had to obtain Government permission to exceed European Community rules about the purity of water supplies.
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