Crap Towns / Wem / Sewage
How much sewage spills near Wem?
Storm overflows within 1 km of Wem spilled for 1,739 hours per 10,000 people a year from 2023 to 2025, 6.3 times the typical town's 275. In 2025 it was 407, down from 1,091 in 2023.
| Period | Here | Typical town |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1,091 | 315 |
| 2024 | 3,718 | 307 |
| 2025 | 407 | 148 |
| Town | Distance | Spill hours per 10,000 people a year |
|---|---|---|
| Acrefair and Cefn-mawr | 27.0 km | 1,892 |
| Wem | – | 1,739 |
| Shrewsbury | 16.4 km | 1,113 |
| Oswestry | 22.0 km | 1,039 |
| Rhosllannerchrugog | 27.8 km | 825 |
| Nantwich | 27.0 km | 672 |
| Bayston Hill | 20.6 km | 564 |
| Newport | 25.4 km | 322 |
| Whitchurch | 12.7 km | 93.5 |
| Telford | 25.1 km | 80.9 |
| Market Drayton | 16.8 km | 15.3 |
| The typical town | – | 275 |