Crap Towns / Droylsden / Pollution incidents
How often does Droylsden get polluted?
5 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Droylsden or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 231st most of the 948 English towns that have had one. The most recent came in October 2021 and put an unidentified pollutant in the water. Household waste turned up in 3 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2021 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| September 2020 | An unidentified pollutant | On the land | Significant |
| April 2018 | Household waste | On the land | Significant |
| March 2018 | Household waste | On the land | Significant |
| January 2018 | Household waste | On the land | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Manchester | 4.2 km | 13 |
| Droylsden | – | 5 |
| Failsworth | 2.4 km | 5 |
| Audenshaw | 1.8 km | 4 |
| Denton | 4.2 km | 4 |
| Chadderton | 5.6 km | 3 |
| Ashton-under-Lyne | 4.1 km | 2 |
| Dukinfield | 4.4 km | 2 |
| Hyde | 6.3 km | 2 |
| Bredbury and Woodley | 7.0 km | 1 |