6.D.5 Percentage of population connected to wastewater treatment plants
Sustainable Development Goal
Goal 6. Clean water and sanitation
Priority
Development of water and sewage infrastructure
Definition
The share of population connected to wastewater treatment plants in total population.
Unit
percent
Available dimensions
total, urban, rural
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).
