Statistics Norway

Municipal waste water treatment. Discharges, treatment efficiencies and sludge disposal

2   Discharges of phosphorus, by county and treatment methods. 2002. Tonnes
County/region Total1 Direct discharges Mechanical Chemical Biological Chemical-biological Other treatment Small treatment plants (<50 P.E) Discharges per inhabitant, Kilograms1 Average treatment efficiency, Per cent1
Total 1993 2 534.00                  
Total 1995 2 601.00                  
Total 1997 2 570.00                  
Total 1999  836.0                  
Total 2000  825.4  197.8  481.6 86.7 9.7 45.1 4.6   0.18 66.80
Total 2001  794.8  182.0  442.5 88.6 13.0 57.7 10.9  362.1 0.18 67.62
Total 2002  725.1  170.5  416.0 76.2 9.6 45.5 7.3  346.5 0.16 69.87
                     
North Sea counties (1-10)  123.3 9.2 12.2 51.2 3.2 43.2 4.3  125.9 0.05 91.67
Rest of the counties (11-20)  601.8  161.2  403.9 25.0 6.4 2.3 3.0  220.6 0.30 35.08
                     
Østfold 11.0 0.0 0.0 10.5 0.0 0.5 0.0 13.4 0.04 91.61
Akershus og Oslo 46.0 3.2 0.2 5.7 0.0 36.9 0.0 20.8 0.05 93.09
Hedmark 7.4 0.0 0.0 4.9 0.0 2.2 0.3 17.5 0.04 92.52
Oppland 3.5 0.0 0.0 1.4 0.0 2.0 0.1 17.0 0.02 96.11
Buskerud 9.2 0.0 0.1 8.2 0.0 0.8 0.1 16.5 0.04 92.29
Vestfold 14.0 0.0 0.5 9.4 0.1 0.3 3.7 14.1 0.06 90.33
Telemark 6.9 0.0 0.0 6.2 0.4 0.3 0.1 12.6 0.04 92.59
Aust-Agder 6.2 0.0 2.5 1.7 1.8 0.2 0.0 7.2 0.06 87.86
Vest-Agder 19.0 6.1 8.9 3.2 0.8 0.1 0.0 6.9 0.12 77.40
Rogaland 56.8 14.6 31.9 9.2 0.7 0.0 0.3 24.2 0.15 65.21
Hordaland  132.4 13.5  113.6 3.2 1.6 0.3 0.3 38.0 0.30 28.11
Sogn og Fjordane 31.9 5.3 25.5 0.0 0.6 0.3 0.1 18.2 0.30 22.89
Møre og Romsdal 99.4 38.5 59.3 0.6 0.0 0.0 1.0 33.9 0.41 28.98
Sør-Trøndelag 96.5 4.7 80.6 9.1 1.4 0.5 0.3 23.2 0.36 38.72
Nord-Trøndelag 19.4 1.1 13.2 2.8 1.4 0.6 0.2 17.7 0.15 64.19
Nordland 69.2 29.6 38.8 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.2 38.5 0.29 11.66
Troms 62.7 28.0 33.9 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.4 22.2 0.41 9.73
Finnmark Finnmárku 33.5 25.9 7.0 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1 4.7 0.45 13.71
1  Discharges from small treatment plants are not included.
2  Direct discharges are not included.

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