Crap Towns / Dover / Pollution incidents
How often does Dover get polluted?
4 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Dover or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 281st most of the 948 English towns that have had one. The most recent came in September 2024 and put crude sewage in the water.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2024 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| August 2020 | Sewage material and urban run-off | In the water | Significant |
| July 2019 | Firefighting run-off | In the water | Significant |
| October 2018 | Diesel | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Canterbury | 22.9 km | 7 |
| Herne | 27.9 km | 5 |
| Broadstairs | 27.6 km | 4 |
| Dover | – | 4 |
| Folkestone | 12.8 km | 3 |
| Deal | 11.4 km | 2 |
| Ramsgate | 24.6 km | 2 |
| Aylesham | 13.2 km | 1 |
| Hythe | 17.3 km | 1 |