Crap Towns / Darwen / Pollution incidents
How often does Darwen get polluted?
3 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Darwen 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 August 2019 and put diesel in the water.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2019 | Diesel | In the water | Significant |
| May 2019 | Firefighting run-off | In the air | Significant |
| September 2017 | Suspended solids | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Clayton-le-Moors | 10.4 km | 53 |
| Great Harwood | 10.7 km | 43 |
| Accrington | 9.1 km | 19 |
| Blackburn | 5.6 km | 19 |
| Church | 8.2 km | 11 |
| Oswaldtwistle | 6.6 km | 6 |
| Darwen | – | 3 |
| Haslingden | 9.3 km | 3 |
| Ramsbottom | 11.6 km | 2 |
| Rishton | 8.5 km | 2 |
| Chorley | 12.1 km | 1 |