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Can You Drink Tap Water in Coventry?
We don't have enough information to make a specific recommendation about the safety of drinking tap water in Coventry, Rhode Island.
However, based on information from nearby locations, the average water score in Rhode Island is a out of 100.
Tap Safe includes data from many publicly available sources, including the WHO (World Health Organization), CDC (Center for Disease Control), and user submitted databases, but unfortunately there's not enough data about Coventry.
To see user submitted ratings of the water quality for Rhode Island, see the "User Submitted Ratings" box on this page.
Do you want to know what the tap water of Coventry, UK is like? Well, just imagine what your drinking tap water would taste like. If you are like the millions of people who use municipal treated tap water to make their own bottled water, you probably do not. It''s no good for my health. Therefore, you need to take immediate action to find out what kind of quality of your water is and what to do about it.
Your tap water contains many contaminants, but the most troubling ones for me are THMs. These are by products of chemical processing and can cause cancer. The Environmental Protection Agency has said that some areas of the country have too high a concentration of THMs in their tap water to be safe for drinking. So, why is this?
Well, the City of Coventry is one of the largest sources of groundwater and the treatment of this groundwater affects the city and its inhabitants. This means that every time there is a rainfall, the city gets more pollutants
USER SUBMITTED RATINGS
- Drinking Water Pollution and Inaccessibility
- Water Pollution
- Drinking Water Quality and Accessibility
- Water Quality
The above data is comprised of subjective, user submitted opinions about the water quality and pollution in Coventry, measured on a scale from 0% (lowest) to 100% (highest).
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Contaminants
Kent County Water Authority
EWG's drinking water quality report shows results of tests conducted by the water utility and provided to the Environmental Working Group by the Rhode Island Department of Health, as well as information from the U.S. EPA Enforcement and Compliance History database (ECHO). For the latest quarter assessed by the U.S. EPA (January 2019 - March 2019), tap water provided by this water utility was in compliance with federal health-based drinking water standards.
Utility details
- Serves: 88780
- Data available: 2012-2017
- Data Source: Purchased surface water
- Total: 24
Contaminants That Exceed Guidelines
- Bromodichloromethane
- Bromoform
- Chloroform
- Dibromochloromethane
- Dichloroacetic acid
- Nitrate
- Nitrate and nitrite
- Radium%2C combined (-226 & -228)
- Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
- Trichloroacetic acid
Other Detected Contaminants
- 1%2C4-Dioxane
- Barium
- Butachlor
- Chlorate
- Chlorodifluoromethane
- Chromium (hexavalent)
- Dibromoacetic acid
- Fluoride
- Haloacetic acids (HAA5)
- Molybdenum
- Monobromoacetic acid
- Monochloroacetic acid
- Strontium
- Vanadium
Reminder
Always take extra precautions, the water may be safe to drink when it leaves the sewage treatment plant but it may pick up pollutants during its way to your tap. We advise that you ask locals or hotel staff about the water quality. Also, note that different cities have different water mineral contents.