Crap Towns / Weston-super-Mare / Pollution incidents
How often does Weston-super-Mare get polluted?
10 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Weston-super-Mare or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 106th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. 3 were major, the worst kind. The most recent came in December 2024 and put storm sewage in the water.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2024 | Storm sewage | In the water | Significant |
| August 2024 | Organic chemical or product | In the water | Significant |
| June 2023 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Major |
| April 2023 | Organic chemical or product | In the water | Significant |
| March 2023 | Firefighting run-off and smoke | In the water | Major |
| February 2023 | Slurry | In the water | Major |
| August 2022 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| April 2022 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| August 2016 | Odour | In the air | Significant |
| April 2016 | Odour | In the air | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Highbridge | 13.8 km | 16 |
| Weston-super-Mare | – | 10 |
| Cheddar | 14.5 km | 2 |
| Yatton | 10.9 km | 1 |