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28 August 2026
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Pollution

Water quality testing on River Great Ouse. Image BedsGovet

Monthly column: Bedford’s Priory Sewage Plant upgrade ruled out until 2030

We at BedsGOVET are fighting hard to keep the River Great Ouse monitored so that we can inform all river users of contamination issues, especially the extremely high levels of E. coli...
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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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Alan Horn of BedsGOVET testing water at a site along the River Great Ouse. Image: BedsGIVET

Monthly column: Pollution levels reach new high

Each month BedsGOVET has been telling you more about the work we are doing to save the River Great Ouse, our beautiful river that is slowly dying due to aggressive contaminants and sewage...
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Exhaust pipe Pixabay:webandi

Bedford Borough Council’s ‘obsolete’ emissions standards not enough to ban highest-polluting taxis and buses

Bedford Borough Council's emission standards are "obsolete" and allow high-polluting taxis and buses, that wouldn't be legal elsewhere, to drive on our streets, a meeting has heard. Chris Endacott, an associate consultant...
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