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A water firm is using technology worth £20m for the first time in the UK to pump ozone gas into a river to reduce pollutants.
Severn Trent Water is using the process on waste water to clean up the River Teme in Ludlow, Shropshire.
It aims to reduce bacteria, micro pollutants and medications in the water, along with viruses by using the ozone plant on the river.
A stretch of the river was granted bathing water status last year, but the water quality was later designated as poor because of high E. coli levels from sewage and agricultural run-off during floods.
see original article: bbc