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 | 71.41 | 14.28 | 7.10 | 92.78 |
| Taipei City | 88.71 | 0.08 | 0.75 | 89.54 |
| Taoyuan City | 27.91 | 22.15 | 23.42 | 73.48 |
| Taichung City | 27.48 | 13.34 | 31.99 | 72.80 |
| Tainan City | 29.60 | 7.09 | 28.95 | 65.64 |
| Kaohsiung City | 51.05 | 2.22 | 24.05 | 77.32 |
| I-Lan County | 34.38 | 5.54 | 17.51 | 57.42 |
| Hsinchu County | 30.77 | 20.31 | 33.12 | 84.20 |
| Miaoli County | 28.36 | 4.31 | 20.99 | 53.66 |
| Changhua County | 4.60 | 3.67 | 30.62 | 38.89 |
| Nantou County | 10.55 | 1.74 | 16.60 | 28.90 |
| Yunlin County | 5.36 | 2.08 | 23.88 | 31.32 |
| Chiayi County | 9.12 | 2.24 | 12.14 | 23.50 |
| Pingtung County | 14.55 | 2.28 | 18.18 | 35.01 |
| Taitung County | 5.72 | 0.95 | 13.95 | 20.61 |
| Hualien County | 39.30 | 1.24 | 6.89 | 47.42 |
| Penghu County | 5.23 | 1.05 | 25.81 | 32.09 |
| Keelung City | 44.80 | 24.31 | 5.97 | 75.07 |
| Hsinchu City | 23.70 | 20.49 | 27.78 | 71.97 |
| Chiayi City | 14.93 | 3.57 | 18.75 | 37.25 |
| Kinmen County | 40.43 | 0.01 | 9.28 | 49.73 |
| Lianjiang County | 60.21 | 1.52 | 0.00 | 61.73 |
| Total | 42.81 | 9.19 | 18.74 | 70.74 |