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 | 14.34 | 7.07 | 91.85 |
| Taipei City | 88.38 | 0.08 | 0.75 | 89.21 |
| Taoyuan City | 26.91 | 22.06 | 23.52 | 72.49 |
| Taichung City | 26.86 | 13.03 | 31.93 | 71.82 |
| Tainan City | 28.87 | 7.07 | 28.72 | 64.66 |
| Kaohsiung City | 50.60 | 2.38 | 23.13 | 76.11 |
| I-Lan County | 34.31 | 5.42 | 17.09 | 56.82 |
| Hsinchu County | 29.68 | 19.84 | 32.31 | 81.83 |
| Miaoli County | 27.93 | 4.26 | 20.72 | 52.91 |
| Changhua County | 4.40 | 3.57 | 30.20 | 38.17 |
| Nantou County | 10.44 | 1.75 | 16.56 | 28.76 |
| Yunlin County | 5.11 | 1.95 | 23.03 | 30.09 |
| Chiayi County | 9.10 | 1.90 | 12.05 | 23.04 |
| Pingtung County | 14.52 | 2.20 | 17.98 | 34.70 |
| Taitung County | 5.02 | 0.95 | 13.77 | 19.74 |
| Hualien County | 38.58 | 1.24 | 6.91 | 46.73 |
| Penghu County | 5.26 | 1.06 | 25.44 | 31.76 |
| Keelung City | 43.93 | 24.33 | 5.97 | 74.23 |
| Hsinchu City | 22.47 | 21.17 | 27.53 | 71.17 |
| Chiayi City | 14.66 | 3.44 | 18.32 | 36.42 |
| Kinmen County | 39.79 | 0.01 | 9.22 | 49.02 |
| Lianjiang County | 60.03 | 1.54 | 0.00 | 61.57 |
| Total | 42.26 | 9.16 | 18.52 | 69.95 |