Furious man fears murky brown tap water is making his mother-in-law, 91, ill - Mirror.co.uk

A man is furious about the "contaminated" water supply he claims made his 91-year-old mother-in-law ill.

Stephen Whyteside, 40, of Lanarkshire, Scotland, says the murky brown liquid has been flowing from his taps for the past five weeks.

Scottish Water has assured residents that the brown liquid is "safe to drink".

In a picture shared with the Daily Record, Stephen's bathtub can be seen filled with foul-looking and foaming water, which he claims is worse than it was previously.

Stephen lives with husband Michael Burns and his 91-year-old mum, Margaret Burns, who became ill after consuming the brown liquid.

There have been several reports from Lanarkshire, which borders the south-east suburbs of Glasgow, of discoloured water spouting from residents' taps.

Stephen told The Record : "There's been talk about the water all over social media, when I posted it today there were people commenting on it that across Lanarkshire there has been sickness and diarrhoea and a lot of people are linking that to the water.

"My mother-in-law has been ill for the past two weeks and has been on antibiotics.

"She always drinks from the tap because she has low immunity, and has to stay hydrated all the time.

"This is the first point where I have wondered whether it is the water because she's been suffering from a urine infection.

"She drinks lots and lots of water, so the water is going in, and is in that part of her body.

"So when I speak to the doctors on Monday I'm going to suggest she gets...

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