Crap Towns / Greenwich / Pollution incidents
How often does Greenwich get polluted?
9 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Greenwich or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 118th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. 1 was major, the worst kind. The most recent came in June 2023 and put sludge in the water. Crude sewage turned up in 3 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Sludge | In the water | Significant |
| April 2022 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| April 2021 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| October 2019 | Building rubble | On the land | Significant |
| April 2019 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| January 2019 | Waste oil | In the water | Significant |
| August 2016 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| June 2016 | Microbiological | In the water | Significant |
| February 2016 | Diesel | In the water | Major |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Barking and Dagenham | 9.4 km | 24 |
| Bexley | 6.2 km | 17 |
| Bromley | 11.4 km | 16 |
| Newham | 6.0 km | 14 |
| Lewisham | 6.0 km | 11 |
| Hackney | 12.0 km | 10 |
| Greenwich | – | 9 |
| Southwark | 9.0 km | 9 |
| Tower Hamlets | 7.8 km | 7 |
| Swanley | 11.6 km | 2 |
| City of London | 11.2 km | 1 |