Crap Towns / Shepton Mallet / Pollution incidents
How often does Shepton Mallet get polluted?
5 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Shepton Mallet or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 231st most of the 948 English towns that have had one. 2 were major, the worst kind. The most recent came in October 2024 and put soil and clay in the water. Chemically contaminated run-off turned up in 2 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2024 | Soil and clay | In the water | Significant |
| July 2022 | Chemically contaminated run-off | In the water | Significant |
| November 2021 | Contaminated water | In the water | Major |
| October 2021 | Chemically contaminated run-off | In the water | Significant |
| August 2019 | Final effluent | In the water | Major |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Frome | 16.5 km | 5 |
| Shepton Mallet | – | 5 |
| Radstock | 13.2 km | 4 |
| Midsomer Norton | 11.6 km | 3 |
| Cheddar | 19.0 km | 2 |
| Glastonbury | 12.3 km | 1 |
| Paulton | 13.5 km | 1 |