Crap Towns / Witney / Pollution incidents
How often does Witney get polluted?
10 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Witney or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 106th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. 2 were major, the worst kind. The most recent came in October 2024 and put storm sewage in the water. Storm sewage turned up in 3 of them.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2024 | Storm sewage | In the water | Significant |
| February 2024 | Storm sewage | In the water | Significant |
| December 2021 | Storm sewage | In the water | Significant |
| December 2020 | Sewage material | In the water | Significant |
| November 2019 | Sewage material | In the water | Significant |
| August 2019 | Grey water | In the water | Significant |
| June 2018 | Asbestos and smoke | On the land and in the air | Major |
| August 2017 | Inorganic chemical or product | In the water | Significant |
| October 2016 | Final effluent | In the water | Major |
| July 2016 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxford | 16.0 km | 12 |
| Abingdon-on-Thames | 18.8 km | 11 |
| Witney | – | 10 |
| Wantage | 22.3 km | 3 |
| Carterton | 7.7 km | 2 |
| Kidlington | 14.0 km | 2 |
| Faringdon | 16.5 km | 1 |
| Grove | 20.5 km | 1 |