Crap Towns / Wantage / Pollution incidents
How often does Wantage get polluted?
3 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Wantage 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 September 2024 and put diesel in the water.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2024 | Diesel | In the water | Significant |
| September 2020 | Crude sewage | In the water | Major |
| August 2016 | Suspended solids | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Abingdon-on-Thames | 14.2 km | 11 |
| Didcot | 12.5 km | 11 |
| Wallingford | 20.3 km | 4 |
| Wantage | – | 3 |
| Carterton | 21.5 km | 2 |
| Highworth | 20.3 km | 2 |
| Faringdon | 13.1 km | 1 |
| Grove | 1.8 km | 1 |
| Hungerford | 20.7 km | 1 |