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 | 70.45 | 14.42 | 7.10 | 91.97 |
| Taipei City | 87.97 | 0.08 | 0.77 | 88.81 |
| Taoyuan City | 26.65 | 21.98 | 23.58 | 72.21 |
| Taichung City | 26.69 | 12.96 | 31.97 | 71.62 |
| Tainan City | 28.70 | 7.09 | 28.73 | 64.52 |
| Kaohsiung City | 50.23 | 2.38 | 22.30 | 74.92 |
| I-Lan County | 34.37 | 5.44 | 17.05 | 56.86 |
| Hsinchu County | 29.46 | 19.68 | 32.22 | 81.36 |
| Miaoli County | 27.94 | 4.24 | 20.71 | 52.89 |
| Changhua County | 4.33 | 3.58 | 30.17 | 38.08 |
| Nantou County | 10.42 | 1.75 | 16.47 | 28.63 |
| Yunlin County | 5.11 | 1.96 | 23.08 | 30.15 |
| Chiayi County | 9.07 | 1.89 | 11.97 | 22.94 |
| Pingtung County | 14.40 | 2.20 | 17.96 | 34.56 |
| Taitung County | 4.80 | 0.95 | 13.73 | 19.48 |
| Hualien County | 38.47 | 1.25 | 6.94 | 46.65 |
| Penghu County | 5.16 | 1.06 | 24.83 | 31.05 |
| Keelung City | 43.40 | 24.30 | 5.96 | 73.66 |
| Hsinchu City | 22.42 | 21.21 | 27.71 | 71.34 |
| Chiayi City | 14.65 | 3.44 | 18.15 | 36.23 |
| Kinmen County | 39.72 | 0.01 | 9.21 | 48.95 |
| Lianjiang County | 60.36 | 1.55 | 0.00 | 61.91 |
| Total | 41.99 | 9.11 | 18.37 | 69.48 |