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Table 1 Proportion of the Population served by a Wastewater Treatment Plant (Eurostat/EC/EEA, 1998)<br />

Member State Year<br />

1970 1980 1985 1990 1995<br />

Belgium 4 23 - - 27<br />

Denmark 54 - 91 98 99<br />

Germany 62 (West) 80 (West) 84 (West) 86 89<br />

Greece - 1 10 11 34<br />

Spain - 18 29 48 48<br />

France 19 62 64 68 77<br />

Irel<strong>and</strong> - 11 - 44 45<br />

Italy 14 30 - 61 61<br />

Luxembourg 28 81 83 90 88<br />

Netherl<strong>and</strong>s - 73 87 93 96<br />

Austria 17 38 65 72 76<br />

Portugal - 2 4 21 21<br />

Finl<strong>and</strong> 16 65 72 76 77<br />

Sweden 63 82 94 94 95<br />

UK - 82 83 87 86<br />

Urban Waste Water Treatment<br />

APPENDIX XII<br />

Details of the current situation within the EU reveal that there are 17,351 agglomerations of<br />

more than 2,000 p.e. in the 14 member states excluding Italy (EC, 1999). This represents a total<br />

organic loading of 424 million p.e. relative to an actual EU14 population of 314 million. Data<br />

from a different source indicate an organic load of 105 million p.e. (in Italy (EEWG, 1997)).<br />

It is notable that relatively few countries (i.e., Greece, Spain, Portugal <strong>and</strong> the UK) have<br />

designated coastal/estuarine areas as less sensitive. Discharges to such areas are subject to less<br />

stringent requirements regarding treatment (i.e., primary). In p.e. terms, this corresponds to

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