Crap Towns / Beeston / Pollution incidents
How often does Beeston get polluted?
6 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Beeston or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 184th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. 3 were major, the worst kind. The most recent came in November 2024 and put microbiological in the water. Waste oil turned up in 2 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 2024 | Microbiological | In the water | Significant |
| May 2021 | Metal wastes and smoke | In the air | Major |
| January 2019 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Major |
| January 2018 | Waste oil | In the water | Significant |
| August 2017 | Waste oil | On the land | Significant |
| May 2017 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Major |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Nottingham | 6.1 km | 12 |
| Beeston | – | 6 |
| Long Eaton | 5.0 km | 5 |
| Sandiacre | 4.0 km | 2 |
| Stapleford | 2.5 km | 2 |
| Breaston and Draycott | 5.6 km | 1 |
| West Bridgford | 7.4 km | 1 |