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 | 71.84 | 14.13 | 7.09 | 93.07 |
| Taipei City | 88.97 | 0.08 | 0.73 | 89.77 |
| Taoyuan City | 28.40 | 21.94 | 22.82 | 73.16 |
| Taichung City | 27.83 | 13.44 | 31.97 | 73.24 |
| Tainan City | 29.95 | 7.07 | 29.10 | 66.12 |
| Kaohsiung City | 51.22 | 2.20 | 24.34 | 77.77 |
| I-Lan County | 34.23 | 5.49 | 17.64 | 57.36 |
| Hsinchu County | 31.05 | 20.52 | 33.41 | 84.99 |
| Miaoli County | 28.33 | 4.30 | 21.08 | 53.71 |
| Changhua County | 4.62 | 3.73 | 30.73 | 39.08 |
| Nantou County | 11.00 | 1.74 | 16.71 | 29.46 |
| Yunlin County | 5.51 | 2.07 | 24.20 | 31.78 |
| Chiayi County | 9.20 | 2.24 | 12.21 | 23.66 |
| Pingtung County | 14.65 | 2.34 | 18.40 | 35.39 |
| Taitung County | 6.05 | 0.95 | 14.03 | 21.02 |
| Hualien County | 39.98 | 1.24 | 6.88 | 48.10 |
| Penghu County | 5.22 | 1.04 | 26.18 | 32.44 |
| Keelung City | 44.69 | 24.13 | 5.92 | 74.74 |
| Hsinchu City | 25.83 | 18.53 | 27.37 | 71.73 |
| Chiayi City | 14.93 | 3.56 | 18.92 | 37.41 |
| Kinmen County | 40.70 | 0.01 | 9.30 | 50.01 |
| Lianjiang County | 59.79 | 1.51 | 2.82 | 64.11 |
| Total | 43.16 | 9.15 | 18.80 | 71.10 |