Crap Towns / Rotherham / Pollution incidents
How often does Rotherham get polluted?
9 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Rotherham or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 118th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. The most recent came in November 2024 and put crude sewage in the water. Crude sewage turned up in 2 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 2024 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| October 2024 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| August 2023 | Inert material or waste | In the water | Significant |
| March 2023 | Unidentified oil | In the water | Significant |
| August 2022 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| July 2022 | Smoke | In the air | Significant |
| July 2018 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| April 2018 | Steam | In the air | Significant |
| October 2017 | Diesel | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Swinton | 6.5 km | 16 |
| Wath upon Dearne | 8.0 km | 14 |
| Rotherham | – | 9 |
| Rawmarsh | 3.6 km | 3 |
| Swallownest and Aston | 7.7 km | 1 |
| Thrybergh and Dalton | 4.2 km | 1 |
| Waverley and Catcliffe | 5.0 km | 1 |