Crap Towns / Egham / Pollution incidents
How often does Egham get polluted?
4 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Egham 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 January 2022 and put crude sewage in the water. Crude sewage turned up in 3 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2022 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| November 2020 | Firefighting run-off | In the water | Significant |
| August 2020 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| October 2017 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Virginia Water | 3.0 km | 6 |
| Egham | – | 4 |
| Chertsey | 5.6 km | 2 |
| Staines-upon-Thames | 4.2 km | 2 |
| Addlestone | 8.0 km | 1 |
| Ascot | 7.2 km | 1 |
| Ashford Common | 8.4 km | 1 |
| Old Windsor and Wraysbury | 3.8 km | 1 |
| Stanwell | 6.9 km | 1 |
| Windsor | 7.6 km | 1 |