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Crap Towns / Harrow / Pollution incidents

How often does Harrow get polluted?

22 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Harrow or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 28th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. The most recent came in May 2025 and put crude sewage in the water. Crude sewage turned up in 11 of them.

The incidents
WhenWhatWhereImpact
May 2025Crude sewageIn the waterSignificant
May 2025Food and drinkIn the waterSignificant
April 2025Crude sewageIn the waterSignificant
September 2024Fuel oilIn the airSignificant
January 2024Grey waterIn the waterSignificant
July 2023Crude sewageIn the waterSignificant
June 2022Suspended solidsIn the waterSignificant
May 2022Crude sewage and sewage materialIn the waterSignificant
April 2022Food and drinkIn the waterSignificant
March 2022Crude sewageIn the waterSignificant
June 2021Crude sewageIn the waterSignificant
June 2021Crude sewageIn the waterSignificant
June 2021Insulating and cable oilsOn the landSignificant
May 2021Natural organic material and inert material or wasteOn the landSignificant
July 2020Crude sewageIn the waterSignificant
February 2018Organic chemical or productIn the waterSignificant
October 2017Crude sewageIn the waterSignificant
October 2017Natural organic materialIn the waterSignificant
November 2016Crude sewageIn the waterSignificant
September 2016OdourIn the airSignificant
August 2016Suspended solidsIn the waterSignificant
February 2016Crude sewageOn the landSignificant
Nearby towns
TownDistanceSerious incidents since 2016
Hillingdon9.6 km31
Barnet9.3 km23
Brent6.7 km22
Harrow–22
Ealing8.4 km20
Bushey6.2 km4
Rickmansworth9.8 km4
Borehamwood8.3 km3
Watford7.2 km2
Moor Park7.0 km1
Radlett9.7 km1