2005 - 2006 - Pinsent Masons Water Yearbook 2012

AUSTRIA PART 2: COUNTRY ANALYSIS
Austria
Economics (2003)
GDP per capita US$26,810
GDP per capita (PPP) US$29,740
GDP in Agriculture 2%
GDP in Industry 32%
GDP in Services 66%
Water and sewerage services
Officially, all urban and rural households have access to safe water provision and sewerage services.
In 1990, 28% of the population had no sewage treatment, while 7% had tertiary treatment, 60%
secondary treatment and 5% primary treatment. The proportion of the population connected to
sewerage services increased from 38% in 1980 to 72% in 1987. The sewerage service coverage has
remained at this level. Most industrial plant has secondary treatment for effluents. More than 85% of
effluent in terms of its chemical oxygen demand is subject to sewage treatment, which results in a
95% reduction of loads from these sources.
Population
2003 (million) 8.1
2015 (million) 8.1
Urbanisation in 2003 68%
Urbanisation by 2015 67%
In urban agglomerations, 2000 27%
Inland water quality
Class 1988 2001
1 9% 6%
1-2 18% 28%
2 39% 53%
2-3 21% 12%
3 10% 1%
3-4 2% 0%
4+ 1% 0%
Urban Data
Served by piped water 100%
Access to sewerage 95%
With sewage treatment c99%
Development of sewage treatment
Sewerage and sewage treatment 1980 1990 2001
Tertiary 3.0% 7.0% 99.7%
Secondary 25.0% 60.0% 0.1%
Primary 10.0% 5.0% 0.2%
Sewerage only 27.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Not connected 35.0% 28.0% 14.0%
Compliance work and longer term plans
The Austrian Government has been using EU legislation since the early 1990s and spending on
sewerage and wastewater treatment infrastructure between 1998 and 2003 was at an average of
US$655 million per annum. The cost for the maintenance, modernisation and expansion of existing
sewage collection and treatment systems, is expected to be €10 billion between 2001 and 2012.
Austria met its 2010 sewerage objectives in 2001 along with effective compliance with the EU
UWWTD in 2002.
55 Pinsent Masons Water Yearbook 2005 – 2006