Crap Towns / Lancing and Sompting / Pollution incidents
How often does Lancing and Sompting get polluted?
6 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Lancing and Sompting or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 184th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. 2 were major, the worst kind. The most recent came in April 2023 and put an unidentified pollutant in the water.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2023 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Major |
| May 2019 | Fuel oil | In the water | Significant |
| January 2019 | Microbiological | In the water | Major |
| July 2018 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| April 2018 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| June 2017 | Firefighting run-off and smoke | In the air | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Lancing and Sompting | – | 6 |
| Worthing | 5.3 km | 6 |
| Southwick | 6.5 km | 3 |
| Brighton and Hove | 15.5 km | 2 |
| Shoreham-by-Sea | 4.0 km | 2 |
| Storrington | 11.9 km | 2 |