Crap Towns / Melksham / Pollution incidents
How often does Melksham get polluted?
3 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Melksham or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 360th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. 2 were major, the worst kind. The most recent came in June 2024 and put building rubble on the land.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 2024 | Building rubble | On the land | Significant |
| August 2018 | Crude sewage | In the water | Major |
| April 2018 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Major |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Calne | 11.7 km | 15 |
| Chippenham | 9.2 km | 8 |
| Warminster | 19.4 km | 6 |
| Frome | 20.8 km | 5 |
| Devizes | 10.5 km | 4 |
| Trowbridge | 7.4 km | 4 |
| Westbury | 13.2 km | 4 |
| Corsham | 7.4 km | 3 |
| Melksham | – | 3 |
| Bath | 16.4 km | 2 |