Crap Towns / New Haw, West Byfleet and Sheerwater / Pollution incidents
How often does New Haw, West Byfleet and Sheerwater get polluted?
4 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in New Haw, West Byfleet and Sheerwater 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 July 2021 and put crude sewage in the water. Crude sewage turned up in 3 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2021 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| March 2021 | Unidentified oil | In the water | Significant |
| June 2018 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| March 2018 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Virginia Water | 7.3 km | 6 |
| Woking | 6.6 km | 6 |
| New Haw, West Byfleet and Sheerwater | – | 4 |
| West End and Chobham | 7.1 km | 3 |
| Byfleet | 4.1 km | 2 |
| Chertsey | 4.3 km | 2 |
| Staines-upon-Thames | 8.4 km | 2 |
| Addlestone | 3.3 km | 1 |
| Shepperton | 6.9 km | 1 |