Skip to main content

Population connected to at least secondary waste water treatment

Population connected to at least secondary waste water treatment
Catalonia Spain European Union-27
2022 97.18 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
2021 97.13 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
2020 97.12 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 81.12 (e) Estimated value
2019 97.02 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 80.85 (e) Estimated value
2018 97.01 86.62 80.56 (e) Estimated value
2017 97.00 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 80.25 (e) Estimated value
2016 97.00 86.62 79.66 (e) Estimated value
Units: Percentage.
Source Catalonia: Ministry of Climate Action, Food and Rural Agenda. Catalan Water Agency. Source Spain and European Union: Eurostat.
(e) Estimated value.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.
Indicador ODS Indicator 06.20 from the EU Sustainable Development Goals

Last update: March 9, 2023.

TARU

These statistics have a specific section with all the information available: Statistics on Urban Wastewater Treatment (TARU).

Methodological note

The indicator measures the percentage of population connected to waste water treatment systems with at least secondary treatment. Thereby, waste water from urban sources or elsewhere is treated by a process generally involving biological treatment with a secondary settlement or other process, resulting in a removal of organic material that reduces the biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) by at least 70 % and the chemical oxygen demand (COD) by at least 75 %.