Crap Towns / Shrewsbury / Pollution incidents
How often does Shrewsbury get polluted?
9 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Shrewsbury or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 118th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. 4 were major, the worst kind. The most recent came in November 2024 and put an unidentified pollutant in the water. Slurry turned up in 2 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 2024 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Major |
| November 2024 | Natural organic material | In the water | Significant |
| March 2024 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| January 2024 | Slurry | In the water | Significant |
| January 2024 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Major |
| November 2023 | Slurry | In the water | Major |
| March 2021 | Unidentified oil | In the water | Significant |
| February 2018 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Major |
| November 2017 | Final effluent | On the land | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Telford | 19.0 km | 16 |
| Shrewsbury | – | 9 |
| Newport | 26.3 km | 7 |
| Oswestry | 25.6 km | 4 |
| Shifnal | 26.4 km | 2 |
| Bayston Hill | 4.3 km | 1 |
| Wem | 16.4 km | 1 |
| Whitchurch | 29.0 km | 1 |