Crap Towns / Steeton / Pollution incidents

How often does Steeton get polluted?

3 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Steeton or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 360th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. 1 was major, the worst kind. The most recent came in July 2022 and put an unidentified pollutant in the water.

The incidents
WhenWhatWhereImpact
July 2022An unidentified pollutantIn the waterSignificant
April 2021Unidentified oilIn the waterSignificant
July 2017An unidentified pollutantIn the waterMajor
Nearby towns
TownDistanceSerious incidents since 2016
Keighley4.3 km8
Thornton13.8 km7
Baildon13.0 km5
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Bingley9.6 km3
Silsden2.0 km3
Skipton8.0 km3
Steeton–3
Haworth7.1 km2
Ilkley8.7 km2