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 | 72.19 | 13.81 | 7.08 | 93.08 |
| Taipei City | 89.15 | 0.08 | 0.65 | 89.88 |
| Taoyuan City | 29.05 | 21.96 | 22.73 | 73.74 |
| Taichung City | 28.36 | 13.68 | 32.18 | 74.23 |
| Tainan City | 30.20 | 7.05 | 29.18 | 66.43 |
| Kaohsiung City | 51.56 | 2.27 | 24.63 | 78.45 |
| I-Lan County | 34.30 | 5.48 | 17.86 | 57.63 |
| Hsinchu County | 31.61 | 20.58 | 33.68 | 85.88 |
| Miaoli County | 28.38 | 4.29 | 21.19 | 53.86 |
| Changhua County | 4.72 | 3.73 | 30.87 | 39.32 |
| Nantou County | 11.09 | 1.74 | 16.74 | 29.58 |
| Yunlin County | 5.61 | 2.07 | 24.59 | 32.27 |
| Chiayi County | 9.25 | 2.24 | 12.26 | 23.75 |
| Pingtung County | 14.86 | 2.34 | 18.53 | 35.72 |
| Taitung County | 6.20 | 0.95 | 14.19 | 21.34 |
| Hualien County | 40.51 | 1.24 | 6.89 | 48.64 |
| Penghu County | 5.26 | 1.05 | 26.69 | 33.00 |
| Keelung City | 45.03 | 24.19 | 5.94 | 75.16 |
| Hsinchu City | 25.72 | 18.55 | 27.40 | 71.68 |
| Chiayi City | 15.29 | 3.56 | 19.01 | 37.87 |
| Kinmen County | 40.79 | 0.01 | 9.31 | 50.11 |
| Lianjiang County | 59.43 | 1.50 | 2.80 | 63.72 |
| Total | 43.43 | 9.12 | 18.85 | 71.41 |