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Crap Towns / Haringey / Pollution incidents

How often does Haringey get polluted?

27 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Haringey or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 16th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. 3 were major, the worst kind. The most recent came in May 2024 and put crude sewage on the land. Crude sewage turned up in 7 of them.

The incidents
WhenWhatWhereImpact
May 2024Crude sewageOn the landSignificant
November 2023Unidentified oilIn the waterSignificant
October 2023Crude sewageIn the waterSignificant
June 2023An unidentified pollutantIn the waterMajor
February 2023Contaminated waterIn the waterSignificant
February 2023Crude sewageIn the waterSignificant
August 2022Unidentified oilIn the waterSignificant
June 2022Crude sewageIn the waterSignificant
July 2021Storm sewageIn the waterSignificant
September 2020Atmospheric pollutant or effectIn the airSignificant
September 2020Building rubble, electrical equipment and household wasteOn the landSignificant
September 2020Crude sewageIn the waterSignificant
May 2019Firefighting run-offIn the water, on the land and in the airMajor
January 2019Crude sewageIn the waterSignificant
July 2018Urban run-offIn the waterSignificant
July 2018Crude sewageIn the waterSignificant
July 2018AlgaeIn the waterSignificant
February 2018Diesel, lubricating oils and waste oilIn the waterMajor
December 2017Unidentified oilIn the waterSignificant
October 2017DustIn the airSignificant
July 2017DieselIn the waterSignificant
May 2017DustIn the airSignificant
April 2017DustIn the airSignificant
February 2017DustIn the airSignificant
September 2016Waste oilIn the waterSignificant
May 2016DieselIn the waterSignificant
April 2016DieselIn the waterSignificant
Nearby towns
TownDistanceSerious incidents since 2016
Enfield6.9 km39
Haringey–27
Waltham Forest6.6 km27
Barnet7.7 km23
Hackney5.2 km10
Tower Hamlets9.7 km7
Westminster9.3 km5
Camden6.0 km4
Buckhurst Hill11.1 km3
City of London8.5 km1