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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Matt Mathers

Sewage pumped into river in picturesque Chilterns village for five consecutive days

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Sewage has been pumped into a brook running through a picturesque village on the edge of the Chiltern Hills for nearly a week, The Independent can reveal.

A water recycling centre near Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire, has been discharging waste into Coombe Bottom brook, which feeds into the Ouzel river, since the morning of 23 May.

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