Sowe - source to conf Breach Bk Water Body
Moderate ecological status
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Attributes
- Water Body IDGB109054044700
- Water Body TypeRiver
- Hydromorphological designationheavily modified
- NGRSP3231687446
- Catchment area1697.766 ha
- Length9.191 km
- Catchment area16.978 km2
- Surveillance Water BodyNo
Classifications
Classification Item | 2019 |
---|---|
Ecological | Moderate |
Biological quality elements | Bad |
Invertebrates | Bad |
Macrophytes and Phytobenthos Combined | |
Macrophytes Sub Element | Poor |
Physico-chemical quality elements | Moderate |
Ammonia (Phys-Chem) | High |
Dissolved oxygen | Poor |
Phosphate | Poor |
Temperature | High |
pH | High |
Hydromorphological Supporting Elements | Supports good |
Hydrological Regime | High |
Supporting elements (Surface Water) | Moderate |
Mitigation Measures Assessment | Moderate or less |
Specific pollutants | High |
Copper | High |
Iron | High |
Manganese | High |
Zinc | High |
Chemical | Fail |
Priority hazardous substances | Fail |
Benzo(a)pyrene | Good |
Cadmium and Its Compounds | Good |
Dioxins and dioxin-like compounds | Good |
Heptachlor and cis-Heptachlor epoxide | Good |
Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCDD) | Good |
Hexachlorobenzene | Good |
Hexachlorobutadiene | Good |
Mercury and Its Compounds | Fail |
Perfluorooctane sulphonate (PFOS) | Fail |
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE) | Fail |
Priority substances | Good |
Cypermethrin (Priority) | Good |
Fluoranthene | Good |
Lead and Its Compounds | Good |
Nickel and Its Compounds | Good |
Other Pollutants | Does not require assessment |
Reasons for not achieving good (RNAG) and reasons for deterioration (RFD)
All reasons (RFDs and RNAGs) attributed to the classification elements in this water body.
Reason Type | SWMI | Activity | Category | Classification Element | More information |
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RNAG | Diffuse source | Poor Livestock Management | Agriculture and rural land management | Invertebrates | Details |
RNAG | Physical modification | Other (not in list, must add details in comments) | Local and Central Government | Mitigation Measures Assessment | Details |
RNAG | Diffuse source | Poor Livestock Management | Agriculture and rural land management | Invertebrates | Details |
RNAG | Diffuse source | Urbanisation - urban development | Urban and transport | Phosphate | Details |
RNAG | Diffuse source | Poor Livestock Management | Agriculture and rural land management | Phosphate | Details |
RNAG | Diffuse source | Poor soil management | Agriculture and rural land management | Dissolved oxygen | Details |
RNAG | Physical modification | Land use - arable | Agriculture and rural land management | Dissolved oxygen | Details |
RNAG | Flow | Surface water abstraction | Agriculture and rural land management | Invertebrates | Details |
RNAG | Diffuse source | Urbanisation - urban development | Urban and transport | Dissolved oxygen | Details |
RNAG | Diffuse source | Urbanisation - urban development | Urban and transport | Invertebrates | Details |
RNAG | Flow | Surface water abstraction | Agriculture and rural land management | Invertebrates | Details |
RNAG | Diffuse source | Poor Livestock Management | Agriculture and rural land management | Invertebrates | Details |
RNAG | Diffuse source | Urbanisation - urban development | Urban and transport | Invertebrates | Details |
RNAG | measures delivered to address reason, awaiting recovery | Not applicable | No sector responsible | Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE) | Details |
RNAG | Physical modification | Other (not in list, must add details in comments) | Urban and transport | Mitigation Measures Assessment | Details |
RNAG | measures delivered to address reason, awaiting recovery | Not applicable | No sector responsible | Mercury and Its Compounds | Details |
RNAG | Physical modification | Other (not in list, must add details in comments) | Agriculture and rural land management | Mitigation Measures Assessment | Details |
RNAG | Unknown (pending investigation) | Unknown (pending investigation) | Sector under investigation | Perfluorooctane sulphonate (PFOS) | Details |
Reasons for not achieving good status by business sector
The issues preventing waters reaching good status and the sectors identified as contributing to them. The numbers in the table are individual counts of the reasons for not achieving good status with a confidence status of 'confirmed' and 'probable', where the latest classification is less than good status. There may be more than one reason in a single water body. Note, table does not include reasons for deterioration.
Significant water management issue | Physical modifications | Pollution from waste water | Pollution from towns, cities and transport | Changes to the natural flow and level of water | Invasive non-native species | Pollution from rural areas | Pollution from abandoned mines |
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Agriculture and rural land management | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Industry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mining and quarrying | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Navigation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Urban and transport | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Water Industry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Local & central government | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Domestic general public | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Recreation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Waste treatment and disposal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No sector responsible | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sector under investigation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Objectives
Classification Item | Status | Year | Reasons |
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Ecological | Moderate | 2015 | Disproportionately expensive: Disproportionate burdens; Disproportionately expensive: Unfavourable balance of costs and benefits |
Biological quality elements | Good | 2027 - Low confidence | Disproportionately expensive: Disproportionate burdens |
Invertebrates | Good | 2027 - Low confidence | Disproportionately expensive: Disproportionate burdens |
Macrophytes and Phytobenthos Combined | Not assessed | 2015 | Disproportionately expensive: Disproportionate burdens |
Physico-chemical quality elements | Good | 2027 - Low confidence | Disproportionately expensive: Disproportionate burdens |
Ammonia (Phys-Chem) | Good | 2015 | |
Dissolved oxygen | Good | 2027 - Low confidence | Disproportionately expensive: Disproportionate burdens |
Phosphate | Good | 2027 - Low confidence | Disproportionately expensive: Disproportionate burdens |
Temperature | Good | 2015 | |
pH | Good | 2015 | |
Hydromorphological Supporting Elements | Supports good | 2015 | |
Hydrological Regime | Supports good | 2015 | |
Supporting elements (Surface Water) | Moderate | 2015 | Disproportionately expensive: Unfavourable balance of costs and benefits |
Mitigation Measures Assessment | Moderate or less | 2015 | Disproportionately expensive: Unfavourable balance of costs and benefits |
Specific pollutants | High | 2015 | |
Copper | High | 2015 | |
Iron | High | 2015 | |
Manganese | High | 2015 | |
Zinc | High | 2015 | |
Chemical | Good | 2063 | Natural conditions: Chemical status recovery time; Technically infeasible: No known technical solution is available |
Priority hazardous substances | Good | 2063 | Natural conditions: Chemical status recovery time; Technically infeasible: No known technical solution is available |
Benzo(a)pyrene | Good | 2015 | |
Cadmium and Its Compounds | Good | 2015 | |
Dioxins and dioxin-like compounds | Good | 2015 | |
Heptachlor and cis-Heptachlor epoxide | Good | 2015 | |
Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCDD) | Good | 2015 | |
Hexachlorobenzene | Good | 2015 | |
Hexachlorobutadiene | Good | 2015 | |
Mercury and Its Compounds | Good | 2040 | Natural conditions: Chemical status recovery time |
Perfluorooctane sulphonate (PFOS) | Good | 2039 | Technically infeasible: No known technical solution is available |
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE) | Good | 2063 | Natural conditions: Chemical status recovery time |
Priority substances | Good | 2015 | |
Cypermethrin (Priority) | Good | 2015 | |
Fluoranthene | Good | 2015 | |
Lead and Its Compounds | Good | 2015 | |
Nickel and Its Compounds | Good | 2015 | |
Other Pollutants | Does not require assessment | 2015 |
Protected areas
PA Name | Id | Directive | More information |
---|---|---|---|
River Avon (to confluence with River Severn) NVZ | S590 | Nitrates Directive | |
Coventry | G36 | Nitrates Directive |
Monitoring sites which have been used to classify this water body
Shows which sites were used for classification for which years within each cycle.