Crap Towns / Wallingford / Pollution incidents
How often does Wallingford get polluted?
4 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Wallingford or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 281st most of the 948 English towns that have had one. 1 was major, the worst kind. The most recent came in July 2024 and put diesel in the water. Crude sewage turned up in 2 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Diesel | In the water | Significant |
| January 2022 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| December 2021 | Crude sewage | In the water | Major |
| August 2016 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxford | 19.3 km | 12 |
| Abingdon-on-Thames | 13.1 km | 11 |
| Didcot | 8.0 km | 11 |
| Benson | 3.0 km | 4 |
| Caversham | 17.9 km | 4 |
| Wallingford | – | 4 |
| Grove | 20.3 km | 1 |
| Henley-on-Thames | 17.3 km | 1 |
| Thame | 19.4 km | 1 |