Crap Towns / Halifax / Pollution incidents
How often does Halifax get polluted?
10 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Halifax or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 106th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. 1 was major, the worst kind. The most recent came in July 2026 and put an unidentified pollutant in the water. Crude sewage turned up in 2 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2026 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| July 2026 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| June 2026 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| March 2026 | General biodegradable material or waste | On the land | Significant |
| April 2021 | Non-metal wastes | On the land | Significant |
| August 2020 | Hydrocarbons | In the water | Significant |
| May 2020 | Hydrocarbons and detergent | In the water | Significant |
| April 2020 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| January 2020 | Building rubble, metal wastes and specific waste material | On the land | Significant |
| January 2019 | Slurry | In the water | Major |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Bradford | 10.8 km | 51 |
| Elland | 5.8 km | 13 |
| Huddersfield | 10.9 km | 11 |
| Cleckheaton | 11.1 km | 10 |
| Halifax | – | 10 |
| Thornton | 7.5 km | 7 |
| Brighouse | 7.0 km | 3 |
| Linthwaite and Slaithwaite | 11.8 km | 3 |
| Hebden Bridge | 8.7 km | 2 |
| Queensbury | 4.7 km | 2 |
| Shelf and Northowram | 4.1 km | 2 |