Crap Towns / Honley / Pollution incidents
How often does Honley get polluted?
5 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Honley or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 231st most of the 948 English towns that have had one. 2 were major, the worst kind. The most recent came in September 2023 and put an unidentified pollutant in the water.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2023 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Major |
| August 2021 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| June 2018 | Firefighting run-off | In the water | Major |
| January 2018 | Minewater | In the water | Significant |
| June 2017 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Elland | 11.7 km | 13 |
| Dewsbury | 14.5 km | 12 |
| Huddersfield | 6.9 km | 11 |
| Honley | – | 5 |
| Heckmondwike | 15.6 km | 4 |
| Liversedge | 14.3 km | 4 |
| Meltham | 4.7 km | 4 |
| Brighouse | 13.1 km | 3 |
| Linthwaite and Slaithwaite | 7.0 km | 3 |
| Penistone | 12.1 km | 1 |