Levels of E-Coli in the Thames have been found to be 27 times the acceptable quality - just days before the Henley international regatta.
Elite rowers at the event have been advised to take precautions after a campaign group tested the water quality in the Henley mile where the race will take place.
But Thames Water accused the River Action group of being alarmist - insisting they had carried out their own tests which had given "reassuring" results.
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Elite rowers at the event have been advised to take precautions after a campaign group tested the water quality in the Henley mile where the race will take place.
But Thames Water accused the River Action group of being alarmist - insisting they had carried out their own tests which had given "reassuring" results.
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