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 Population served by public sewerage systems (Series 2001-2005 - %)
Characteristic Description
Name Population served by public sewerage systems (Series 2001-2005 - %) by Geographic localization (NUTS - 2002); 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)
Concepts
  • 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).
  • AVERAGE POPULATION:  The average population during a calendar year, generally calculated as the arithmetic mean of the population on two consecutive years.
  • 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.
Formule (Population connected to sewerage system/ Annual average resident population)*100
Measure unit (symbol) Percentage (%)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 14/07/2008


information presented in 2/7/2024