THE TABLE OF THE STATISTICS OF THE SEWAGE TREATMENT RATE
The sewage from houses can contaminate our waters, causing serious water quality problems. It can also back-up into basements, causing property damage and threatening public health. Sanitary sewer system is meant to collect and convey all of the sewage that flows into sewers to a public wastewater treatment plant.
| City/County classification |
Percentage of Population Served by Waste Water Treatment Plants% | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The served rate of public sanitary sewer | The served rate of specialized sanitary sewer | The installation rate of building's sewage facilities | Total | |
| New Taipei City | 71.22 | 14.31 | 7.11 | 92.64 |
| Taipei City | 88.72 | 0.08 | 0.75 | 89.55 |
| Taoyuan City | 28.00 | 22.26 | 23.47 | 73.73 |
| Taichung City | 27.52 | 13.23 | 31.98 | 72.73 |
| Tainan City | 29.43 | 7.08 | 28.87 | 65.39 |
| Kaohsiung City | 51.08 | 2.38 | 23.73 | 77.20 |
| I-Lan County | 34.26 | 5.53 | 17.39 | 57.17 |
| Hsinchu County | 30.23 | 19.87 | 32.72 | 82.82 |
| Miaoli County | 28.34 | 4.33 | 20.90 | 53.57 |
| Changhua County | 4.52 | 3.68 | 30.52 | 38.72 |
| Nantou County | 10.44 | 1.75 | 16.61 | 28.80 |
| Yunlin County | 5.24 | 2.06 | 23.83 | 31.13 |
| Chiayi County | 9.06 | 2.24 | 12.07 | 23.37 |
| Pingtung County | 14.55 | 2.29 | 18.12 | 34.96 |
| Taitung County | 5.59 | 0.95 | 13.87 | 20.41 |
| Hualien County | 39.14 | 1.24 | 6.90 | 47.28 |
| Penghu County | 5.21 | 1.05 | 25.57 | 31.82 |
| Keelung City | 44.72 | 24.27 | 5.96 | 74.95 |
| Hsinchu City | 23.07 | 20.78 | 27.75 | 71.61 |
| Chiayi City | 14.64 | 3.58 | 18.52 | 36.74 |
| Kinmen County | 39.80 | 0.01 | 9.26 | 49.08 |
| Lianjiang County | 60.64 | 1.53 | 0.00 | 62.16 |
| Total | 42.74 | 9.21 | 18.69 | 70.64 |