Crap Towns / Meltham / Pollution incidents
How often does Meltham get polluted?
4 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Meltham or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 281st most of the 948 English towns that have had one. The most recent came in December 2022 and put process effluent in the water. Suspended solids turned up in 3 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2022 | Process effluent | In the water | Significant |
| May 2021 | Suspended solids | In the water | Significant |
| May 2021 | Suspended solids | In the water | Significant |
| November 2019 | Suspended solids | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Elland | 10.3 km | 13 |
| Huddersfield | 7.0 km | 11 |
| Halifax | 15.2 km | 10 |
| Honley | 4.7 km | 5 |
| Meltham | – | 4 |
| Brighouse | 12.9 km | 3 |
| Linthwaite and Slaithwaite | 3.4 km | 3 |
| Uppermill | 12.1 km | 1 |