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In 2015, there were around 330 000 small wastewater facilities in Norway. Compared to 2002, this is a reduction of around 10 000 facilities, or around 3 per cent. The reduction is most evident among sludge separators with sand filters, which is down 43 per cent from 2002 to 2015.

Municipal wastewater, 2015

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Municipal wastewater - discharge, treatment and sewage sludge
2015Per cent
2014 - 20152011 - 2015
Number of wastewater facilities, 50 pe or larger2 6880.4-1.9
Capacity of wastewater facilities 50 pe or larger (1 000 pe)7 055.31.93.7
Discharge phosphorus from wastewater facility 50 pe or larger (tonnes TOT-P)912.7-3.50.0
Discharge organic material from wastewater facility 50 pe or larger (tonnes BOD5)43 751-3.3.
Disposal of sewage sludge to soil improvement (tonnes dry weight)110 3946.220.3
Used in agriculture87 60611.937.2
Used in parks or green spaces4 392-40.5-56.4
Delivered to soil producers18 3960.63.0

Source: Statistics Norway