Crap Towns / Stourport-on-Severn / Pollution incidents
How often does Stourport-on-Severn get polluted?
8 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Stourport-on-Severn or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 139th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. The most recent came in November 2023 and put creosote on the land. Building rubble turned up in 4 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 2023 | Creosote | On the land | Significant |
| August 2021 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| August 2021 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| November 2019 | Building rubble and solid manure | On the land | Significant |
| July 2018 | Contaminated water | In the water | Significant |
| April 2018 | Building rubble | On the land | Significant |
| February 2018 | Building rubble, contaminated building rubble and solid manure | On the land | Significant |
| March 2017 | Building rubble, containers, contaminated building rubble and natural organic material | On the land | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Worcester | 17.0 km | 12 |
| Stourport-on-Severn | – | 8 |
| Droitwich Spa | 12.4 km | 6 |
| Kingswinford | 18.7 km | 6 |
| Brierley Hill | 18.2 km | 5 |
| Stourbridge | 15.2 km | 5 |
| Kidderminster | 5.2 km | 3 |
| Bromsgrove | 15.2 km | 2 |
| Catshill | 15.8 km | 2 |
| Bewdley | 4.3 km | 1 |