Statistics Norway

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

2   Total discharges of phosphorus and nitrogen from the municipal waste water sector, by county. 2003
Region Phosphorus Nitrogen
Total Discharges from municipal plants Leakages1 Discharges from small plants (<50 PE) Discharges per inhabitant Total Discharges from municipal plants Leakages1 Discharges from small plants (<50 PE) Discharges per inhabitant
  Tonnes Kilograms Tonnes Kilograms
Total 2001 1 280.1  794.8  123.2  362.1 0.28     16 722.8     12 302.9  859.8     3 560.1 3.71
Total 2002 1 185.8  725.1  120.3  346.5 0.26 15 802.0 11 785.3  830.1 3 246.1 3.49
Total 2003 1 228.4  756.0  121.1  351.2 0.27 15 599.0 11 425.6  835.4 3 338.0 3.41
                   
2003                    
North Sea counties (1-10)  331.5  134.1 72.3  125.0 0.13 7 763.5 5 866.1  506.7 1 390.8 3.07
Rest of the counties (11-20)  896.9  621.9 48.8  226.2 0.44 7 835.4 5 559.5  328.7 1 947.2 3.83
                     
1. Østfold 39.6 19.3 6.7 13.6 0.15  977.5  817.8 49.0  110.6 3.81
2-3. Akershus og Oslo 95.3 44.4 32.1 18.7 0.09 2 032.1 1 628.5  222.2  181.4 2.01
4. Hedmark 34.4 10.6 5.6 18.2 0.18  809.9  528.0 35.7  246.2 4.30
5. Oppland 24.0 3.7 4.4 15.9 0.13  692.2  414.7 35.0  242.5 3.77
6. Buskerud 31.3 10.9 5.6 14.8 0.13  634.7  441.5 37.3  155.8 2.62
7. Vestfold 40.4 14.4 7.0 19.0 0.18  960.0  764.7 45.6  149.7 4.37
8. Telemark 24.8 8.1 4.9 11.9 0.15  700.3  540.6 32.5  127.1 4.22
9. Aust-Agder 14.2 5.4 2.3 6.5 0.14  333.4  228.1 17.7 87.6 3.23
10. Vest-Agder 27.5 17.4 3.7 6.5 0.17  623.4  502.0 31.6 89.8 3.89
11. Rogaland  126.1 92.9 9.6 23.5 0.32 1 480.2 1 198.7 67.8  213.8 3.81
12. Hordaland  170.0  122.5 9.2 38.3 0.38 1 529.6 1 124.7 70.6  334.3 3.44
14. Sogn og Fjordane 60.4 41.4 2.2 16.8 0.56  414.7  239.6 14.1  161.0 3.87
15. Møre og Romsdal  130.2 94.0 6.4 29.7 0.53 1 058.3  761.9 44.3  252.1 4.33
16. Sør-Trøndelag  126.9 89.3 8.8 28.8 0.47  990.2  697.0 42.3  250.9 3.66
17. Nord-Trøndelag 41.9 22.7 2.7 16.5 0.33  449.4  299.4 19.0  130.9 3.51
18. Nordland  124.3 71.3 4.5 48.6 0.52  937.3  520.6 30.8  385.9 3.95
19. Troms 76.0 55.7 3.4 17.0 0.50  632.0  464.7 26.0  141.3 4.14
20. Finnmark Finnmárku 41.1 32.2 2.0 6.9 0.56  343.6  253.0 13.7 76.9 4.69
1  Estimated to 5 per cent of the content of phosphorus and nitrogen in the waste water before treatment.

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