Crap Towns / Runwell / Pollution incidents
How often does Runwell get polluted?
6 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Runwell or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 184th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. 1 was major, the worst kind. The most recent came in June 2024 and put building rubble, containers, specific waste material and soil and clay on the land. Building rubble turned up in 4 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 2024 | Building rubble, containers, specific waste material and soil and clay | On the land | Significant |
| July 2022 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Major |
| March 2022 | Building rubble | On the land | Significant |
| February 2022 | Commercial waste, building rubble, household waste and smoke | On the land | Significant |
| February 2022 | Commercial waste, building rubble, household waste, specific waste material and smoke | On the land | Significant |
| November 2020 | Specific waste material | On the land | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Basildon | 8.5 km | 12 |
| Runwell | – | 6 |
| Wickford | 1.9 km | 4 |
| Rayleigh | 6.2 km | 3 |
| Thundersley and South Benfleet | 7.7 km | 3 |
| Billericay | 7.0 km | 1 |
| Ingatestone | 11.2 km | 1 |
| South Woodham Ferrers | 6.2 km | 1 |