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 | 71.96 | 13.83 | 7.08 | 92.87 |
| Taipei City | 89.33 | 0.08 | 0.69 | 90.10 |
| Taoyuan City | 28.93 | 22.01 | 22.81 | 73.76 |
| Taichung City | 28.26 | 13.64 | 32.10 | 74.01 |
| Tainan City | 30.09 | 7.04 | 29.13 | 66.26 |
| Kaohsiung City | 51.44 | 2.28 | 24.48 | 78.20 |
| I-Lan County | 34.33 | 5.50 | 17.86 | 57.69 |
| Hsinchu County | 31.21 | 20.46 | 33.44 | 85.12 |
| Miaoli County | 28.38 | 4.31 | 21.21 | 53.89 |
| Changhua County | 4.66 | 3.73 | 30.80 | 39.18 |
| Nantou County | 11.03 | 1.74 | 16.71 | 29.48 |
| Yunlin County | 5.60 | 2.07 | 24.24 | 31.91 |
| Chiayi County | 9.23 | 2.24 | 12.23 | 23.69 |
| Pingtung County | 14.81 | 2.33 | 18.43 | 35.57 |
| Taitung County | 6.19 | 0.95 | 14.12 | 21.26 |
| Hualien County | 40.33 | 1.24 | 6.89 | 48.46 |
| Penghu County | 5.25 | 1.05 | 26.58 | 32.88 |
| Keelung City | 44.93 | 24.16 | 5.93 | 75.03 |
| Hsinchu City | 25.83 | 18.56 | 27.48 | 71.86 |
| Chiayi City | 15.24 | 3.56 | 18.98 | 37.78 |
| Kinmen County | 40.86 | 0.01 | 9.33 | 50.20 |
| Lianjiang County | 59.54 | 1.50 | 2.81 | 63.84 |
| Total | 43.29 | 9.11 | 18.79 | 71.19 |