Crap Towns / Long Eaton / Pollution incidents
How often does Long Eaton get polluted?
5 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Long Eaton 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 January 2019 and put an unidentified pollutant in the water. Waste oil turned up in 2 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2019 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Major |
| January 2018 | Waste oil | In the water | Significant |
| August 2017 | Waste oil | On the land | Significant |
| May 2017 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Major |
| November 2016 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Beeston | 5.0 km | 6 |
| Long Eaton | – | 5 |
| Castle Donington | 6.5 km | 3 |
| Sandiacre | 3.4 km | 2 |
| Stapleford | 4.6 km | 2 |
| Borrowash | 6.2 km | 1 |
| Breaston and Draycott | 1.6 km | 1 |