Crap Towns / South Merstham / Pollution incidents
How often does South Merstham get polluted?
3 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in South Merstham or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 360th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. The most recent came in February 2022 and put an unidentified pollutant in the water. Landfill odour turned up in 2 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 2022 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| November 2021 | Landfill odour | In the air | Significant |
| December 2018 | Landfill odour | In the air | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Tadworth and Epsom Downs | 8.3 km | 22 |
| Horley | 9.4 km | 12 |
| Sutton | 11.7 km | 10 |
| Redhill | 3.7 km | 8 |
| Croydon | 11.6 km | 5 |
| Reigate | 4.5 km | 3 |
| South Merstham | – | 3 |
| Caterham | 5.2 km | 1 |