Crap Towns / Blackwater / Pollution incidents
How often does Blackwater get polluted?
3 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Blackwater or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 360th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. The most recent came in September 2023 and put an unidentified pollutant in the water.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2023 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| March 2023 | Final effluent | On the land | Significant |
| March 2016 | Crude sewage | On the land | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Fleet | 7.2 km | 9 |
| Farnborough | 5.7 km | 8 |
| Camberley | 4.4 km | 6 |
| Yateley | 2.9 km | 4 |
| Blackwater | – | 3 |
| Sandhurst | 1.7 km | 3 |
| Crowthorne | 4.4 km | 2 |
| Frimley | 4.6 km | 2 |
| Lightwater | 8.4 km | 2 |
| Wokingham | 7.8 km | 2 |