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Wastewater treatment plants. By types

Wastewater treatment plants. By types Catalonia Total
Treatment plants Capacity for treatment (1,000 m3/day) Population served (inhabitants/equivalents)
2022 545 2,956.8 16,190,688
2021 536 2,948.3 16,151,147
2020 527 2,909.7 16,050,201
2019 523 2,912.3 16,033,565
2018 518 2,914.0 16,030,814
2017 516 2,913.9 16,175,062
2016 510 2,913.0 16,146,053
2015 495 2,906.7 16,126,893
2014 489 2,913.5 15,955,326
2013 455 2,908.2 15,941,667
Source: Agència Catalana de l'Aigua.
Notes:
Only public waste water treatment plants are included. It refers to the design discharges in the supplied population.
The Total includes all the treatment systems.
Only includes public treatment plants.

Last update: June 16, 2023.

Methodological note

Methodological aspects

The Catalan Water Agency (ACA) manages and plans the water cycle, with a vision of integrated water systems, taking into account the balance of all ecosystems. Water becomes a basic structural and functional element to the environment and life. This management must be compatible with the growing demand for permanence, universality and immediacy of the citizens of an advanced society, and ensure quality and good service.

The data on water quality shows the controls registered in accordance with the Framework directive on water from the year 2007. For the study of the bathing water for beaches, rivers and lakes, the microbiological quality of the water is measured. For wastewater treatment plants, data is provided on the capacity of treatment, the population served and overall performance.

The data are to 31 of December.

Unavailable information is represented using the symbol ":". When the value is lower than that of the minimum unit to be able to estimate the statistical operation or if it effects statistical confidentiality, the symbol used is "..".