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 Wastewater drained (Series 2001-2005 - m³)
Characteristic Description
Name Wastewater drained (Series 2001-2005 - m³) by Geographic localization (NUTS - 2002) and Existence of treatment ; Annual
Regularity Annual
Source Statistics Portugal, Environmental survey - Water and wastewater structure caracterization
First available period 2001
Last available period 2005
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Geographic localization (NUTS - 2002)
  • Existence of treatment
Concepts
  • WASTEWATER DISPOSAL:  A system comprised of equipments and installations for the collection of sewage and its transport and sometimes treatment in appropriate facilities, so that its release into the receiving environment (water or soil) does not change the environmental conditions beyond the values established as admissible in local standards and according respective national legislation. Thus, as a whole, a wastewater disposal system is mainly composed of the following: collection network, lifting station, interceptor, treatment plant and discharger.
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  Period to which the information refers and which may be a specific day or a time interval (month, fiscal year, calendar year, among others).
  • EFFLUENT DISCHARGE PRODUCED:  The volume of used and polluted water discharged by an urban or industrial centre.
Measure unit (symbol) Cubic metre (m³)
Power of 10  3
Observations
Last update date 10/04/2008


information presented in 26/11/2024