Bedfordshire Great Ouse Valley Environmental Trust (BedsGOVET)

Monthly column: BedsGOVET at Bedford Borough’s Learning Exchange

On 5 December, BedsGOVET (Bedfordshire Great Ouse Valley Environmental Trust) addressed around 50 Bedford Borough School Headmasters and Deputy Headmasters to discuss the work that...

Ofwat fines criticised as Anglian Water revealed to be second highest polluter in England and Wales

BedsGOVET, the local river quality testing charity, set up to monitor water quality in Bedford Borough through their Don't Lose the Ouse campaign has called fines aimed at water companies...

Monthly column: Optimism over Water Bill but more needs to be done

BedsGovet is quietly optimistic that the new Water Bill is being pushed through Parliament with a second reading on the 9th October, is taking a step in the right direction. The Bill will...

Monthly column: New funding will help increase River Great Ouse water quality tests

The local charity that tests for water quality along the River Great Ouse in Bedfordshire, the Bedfordshire Great Ouse Valley Environmental Trust (BedsGOVET) has been successful...

Join nationwide waterways protest on River Great Ouse this weekend

Environmental activists will take to the River Great Ouse this Saturday (18 May) as part of a national protest at the state of the nation’s waterways. They will join thousands of protesters on coasts and rivers across...

Monthly column: Don’t Lose the Ouse campaign expands testing programme thanks to new equipment

BedsGovet, the organisation behind the Don’t Lose the Ouse campaign, has now purchased its first Sonde water quality monitor using money generously donated by a few pioneer Bedford Borough...

Monthly column: Standing room only as Don’t Lose the Ouse campaign launched

It was standing room only this week as 100 Bedfordians packed a University of Bedfordshire lecture theatre to witness the launch of Don't Lose the Ouse, which could be the most important...

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