 COVENTRY INDICATORS - ENVIRONMENTAL
River Water Quality
 As we already consume almost 140 Litres per person a day, river
water quality will be an important indicator of our sustainability, and we must be even
more careful to ensure that the water we have is unpolluted. Water quality in the
city’s rivers and the canal have been measured, based on the number and types of fish
that are able to live in it by using a grading system from A-F, where A is good and F is
bad.
There are mixed results on the quality of
water in the River Sherbourne and Sowe and Coventry Canal. Whilst water quality has stayed
roughly the same over the last few years in the River Sowe, quality has declined in the
River Sherbourne and in the Coventry Canal, mostly due to storm drains and urban run-off.
To improve water quality, storm drains are being removed, and the water quality monitored
and surveyed.
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