Goal 6 - Clean water and sanitation

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Priority for Poland - Creation of legal and financial mechanism conducive to rational use of water and implementation of water efficiency technologies as well as development and modernization of wastewater treatment plants

Indicator 6.2.a - Percentage of population connected to wastewater treatment plants

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Unit: percent [%]
Source of data: Statistics Poland

Information about indicator

Name of the indicator 6.2.a Percentage of population connected to wastewater treatment plants
Sustainable Development Goal Goal 6. Clear water and sanitation
Priority Creation of legal and financial mechanism conducive to rational use of water and implementation of water efficiency technologies as well as development and modernization of wastewater treatment plants
Definition The share of population connected to wastewater treatment plants in total population.
Unit percent [%]
Available dimensions total
Methodological explanations

Data on urban and rural population connected to wastewater treatment plants are presented on a basis of a number of people served by wastewater treatment plants operating within a sewage network.

Estimation of population served by wastewater treatment plants is done on the basis of contracts on sewerage, number of connections to sewage network, data on people using wastewater treatment plants gathered from housing cooperatives or data from planned wastewater treatment plants. Estimated number of population served by wastewater treatment plants cannot be higher than the number of people living in a given place (as of 20 June of reporting period).

Estimated number of population served by wastewater treatment plants does not include people temporary staying in a given place (e.g. tourists).
Source of data Statistics Poland
Data availability Annual data; since 2010
Notes
Data updated on 05-11-2024
Metadata updated on 05-03-2020