Crap Towns / Potters Bar / Pollution incidents
How often does Potters Bar get polluted?
4 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Potters Bar 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 August 2025 and put crude sewage and sewage material in the water. Crude sewage turned up in 3 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2025 | Crude sewage and sewage material | In the water | Significant |
| October 2023 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| August 2019 | Smoke | In the air | Significant |
| May 2018 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Enfield | 8.5 km | 39 |
| Barnet | 9.3 km | 23 |
| Cheshunt | 9.7 km | 5 |
| Potters Bar | – | 4 |
| Borehamwood | 7.7 km | 3 |
| Hatfield | 8.1 km | 1 |
| Radlett | 9.5 km | 1 |
| St Albans | 11.3 km | 1 |
| Waltham Cross | 10.8 km | 1 |
| Welwyn Garden City | 11.6 km | 1 |