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Don’t Lose the Ouse

BedsGOVET volunteers testing pollution levels in the River Great Ouse

Monthly column: New volunteers hit the river

On a beautiful spring day, new volunteers enjoyed a morning of getting to know each other and their mentors during a BedsGOVET training day, held at Harrold Country Park for easy access...
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Alan Horn testing river water at Kempston. Image BedsGOVET

Monthly column: How clean is your river? New Data Portal keeps you informed

We have created a new, easy-to-use BedsGOVET Data Portal on our website to help you find out how safe it is to use the river. We test the river every month to assess water quality at...
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An outfall from the footpath into the River Great Ouse. Image BedsGOVET

Monthly column: Outfall Safari – Hidden pollution sources on the River Great Ouse in Bedfordshire

We are going on a Safari, but not as you know it. Our aim is to work with the Bedfordshire community to spot pipes and outfalls that lead to runoff pollution into our local River Great Ouse...
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Water quality testing on River Great Ouse. Image BedsGovet

Master strokes for Don’t Lose the Ouse campaign with university partnership

We are happy to report that we have had a major win-win situation arise with the University of Birmingham. Following the need to remove some monitoring equipment that was surplus to...
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Lucas Tatek and a BedsGOVET volunteer testing at Houghton Mill. Image BedsGOVET

Monthly column: BedsGOVET – Getting the bigger picture

The Great Ouse is the fifth longest river in the UK and to get a fuller understanding of the contaminants in the Great Ouse, we have been working with other science citizen...
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River Great Ouse flooded with the butterfly bridge in the background January 2025 Image BEDSGovet

Monthly column: BedsGOVET – 2024 a year in review and our 2025 plans

We at the Bedfordshire Great Ouse Valley Environmental Trust wish you all a very happy and prosperous 2025. Looking back over 2024, our charity has really progressed due to the...
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Anglian Water van livery

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...
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Water quality testing on River Great Ouse. Image BedsGovet

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...
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Monthly column: Bedford’s Great River Ouse e-coli levels hit new high

Local environmental campaigners, Bedfordshire Great Ouse Valley Environmental Trust (BedsGovet) who launched the Don’t Lose the Ouse campaign in March, were disbelieving when...
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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...
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