Crap Towns / Willenhall / Pollution incidents
How often does Willenhall get polluted?
14 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Willenhall or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 62nd most of the 948 English towns that have had one. 2 were major, the worst kind. The most recent came in August 2024 and put cyanides in the water. Commercial waste turned up in 4 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2024 | Cyanides | In the water | Major |
| April 2022 | Commercial waste and household waste | On the land | Significant |
| April 2022 | Smoke | On the land | Significant |
| October 2021 | General biodegradable material or waste | On the land | Significant |
| April 2021 | General biodegradable material or waste | On the land | Significant |
| April 2021 | Contaminated building rubble | On the land | Significant |
| March 2021 | Commercial waste | On the land | Significant |
| March 2021 | Commercial waste | On the land | Significant |
| June 2020 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| September 2019 | Odour | In the air | Significant |
| July 2018 | Commercial waste, contaminated building rubble and non-metal wastes | On the land | Significant |
| June 2018 | Asbestos | On the land | Significant |
| November 2017 | Firefighting run-off | In the air | Significant |
| January 2016 | Acids | In the water | Major |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Wolverhampton | 6.0 km | 16 |
| Willenhall | – | 14 |
| Rushall and Shelfield | 6.3 km | 13 |
| Bilston | 3.8 km | 8 |
| Darlaston | 2.5 km | 8 |
| Tipton | 6.0 km | 7 |
| Walsall | 4.8 km | 6 |
| Wednesbury | 4.4 km | 6 |
| Bloxwich | 3.7 km | 4 |
| Coseley | 7.1 km | 2 |
| Pelsall | 6.5 km | 1 |