Crap Towns / Baildon / Pollution incidents
How often does Baildon get polluted?
5 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Baildon or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 231st most of the 948 English towns that have had one. 1 was major, the worst kind. The most recent came in June 2023 and put an unidentified pollutant in the water. Crude sewage turned up in 2 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| November 2020 | Slurry | In the water | Significant |
| September 2019 | Minewater | In the water | Major |
| August 2017 | Crude sewage | On the land | Significant |
| January 2016 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Bradford | 6.1 km | 51 |
| Pudsey | 8.2 km | 40 |
| Yeadon | 7.4 km | 26 |
| Guiseley | 5.2 km | 25 |
| Shipley | 1.9 km | 7 |
| Thornton | 7.7 km | 7 |
| Baildon | – | 5 |
| Menston | 5.5 km | 4 |
| Bingley | 3.6 km | 3 |
| Rawdon | 6.6 km | 1 |