Crap Towns / St Helens / Pollution incidents
How often does St Helens get polluted?
4 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in St Helens or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 281st most of the 948 English towns that have had one. The most recent came in October 2019 and put odour in the air. Crude sewage turned up in 2 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2019 | Odour | In the air | Significant |
| August 2018 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| March 2018 | An unidentified pollutant | In the air | Significant |
| April 2017 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Kirkby | 10.2 km | 9 |
| Newton-le-Willows | 7.1 km | 6 |
| Widnes | 8.5 km | 6 |
| St Helens | – | 4 |
| Huyton with Roby | 8.5 km | 3 |
| Prescot | 4.7 km | 3 |
| Ashton-in-Makerfield | 8.2 km | 2 |
| Golborne | 11.0 km | 1 |
| Haydock | 5.0 km | 1 |
| Orrell | 9.7 km | 1 |