Crap Towns / Wool / Pollution incidents
How often does Wool get polluted?
3 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Wool 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 June 2020 and put firefighting run-off and smoke on the land.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 2020 | Firefighting run-off and smoke | On the land | Major |
| June 2018 | Crude sewage | On the land | Significant |
| March 2016 | Slurry | In the water | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Poole | 20.6 km | 8 |
| Corfe Mullen | 17.4 km | 3 |
| Dorchester | 14.4 km | 3 |
| Wool | – | 3 |
| Swanage | 21.4 km | 2 |
| Merley | 21.6 km | 1 |
| Wareham | 9.1 km | 1 |
| Weymouth | 16.7 km | 1 |