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 | 70.62 | 14.77 | 7.15 | 92.54 |
| Taipei City | 88.18 | 0.08 | 0.77 | 89.03 |
| Taoyuan City | 26.42 | 22.17 | 23.63 | 73.22 |
| Taichung City | 26.75 | 12.71 | 32.24 | 71.70 |
| Tainan City | 28.69 | 7.15 | 28.85 | 64.69 |
| Kaohsiung City | 50.29 | 2.40 | 22.46 | 75.14 |
| I-Lan County | 34.66 | 5.51 | 17.22 | 57.39 |
| Hsinchu County | 29.36 | 19.77 | 32.09 | 81.22 |
| Miaoli County | 28.11 | 4.28 | 20.73 | 53.11 |
| Changhua County | 4.26 | 3.61 | 30.28 | 38.16 |
| Nantou County | 10.63 | 1.77 | 16.58 | 28.88 |
| Yunlin County | 5.10 | 1.93 | 23.23 | 30.25 |
| Chiayi County | 9.16 | 1.91 | 12.05 | 23.13 |
| Pingtung County | 14.43 | 2.22 | 18.15 | 34.80 |
| Taitung County | 4.69 | 0.95 | 13.69 | 19.34 |
| Hualien County | 38.37 | 1.25 | 6.95 | 46.58 |
| Penghu County | 4.93 | 1.067 | 24.73 | 30.72 |
| Keelung City | 43.52 | 24.51 | 6.02 | 74.05 |
| Hsinchu City | 22.28 | 21.27 | 27.63 | 71.19 |
| Chiayi City | 14.46 | 3.46 | 18.13 | 36.05 |
| Kinmen County | 39.97 | 0.01 | 9.28 | 49.25 |
| Lianjiang County | 60.86 | 1.56 | 0.00 | 62.42 |
| Total | 42.20 | 9.21 | 18.51 | 69.92 |