Crap Towns / Kettering / Pollution incidents
How often does Kettering get polluted?
7 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Kettering or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 164th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. The most recent came in April 2021 and put storm sewage on the land. Suspended solids turned up in 3 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2021 | Storm sewage | On the land | Significant |
| January 2019 | Suspended solids | In the water | Significant |
| April 2018 | Specific waste material | On the land and in the air | Significant |
| January 2018 | Commercial waste | On the land | Significant |
| December 2017 | Suspended solids | In the water | Significant |
| August 2017 | Suspended solids | In the water | Significant |
| November 2016 | Diesel | In the water and on the land | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Wellingborough | 10.5 km | 14 |
| Corby | 10.6 km | 10 |
| Kettering | – | 7 |
| Burton Latimer | 4.7 km | 3 |
| Higham Ferrers | 13.3 km | 3 |
| Desborough | 8.4 km | 2 |
| Irthlingborough | 10.9 km | 2 |
| Raunds | 13.7 km | 2 |
| Rothwell | 6.4 km | 2 |
| Brixworth | 14.7 km | 1 |