Municipal wastewater, 2019

Municipal wastewater - discharge, treatment and sewage sludge
	2019	Per cent
	2019	2018 - 2019	2015 - 2019
Number of wastewater facilities, 50 pe or larger	2 710	-0.3	0.8
Capacity of wastewater facilities 50 pe or larger (1 000 pe)	8 091.5	2.7	14.7
Discharge phosphorus from wastewater facility 50 pe or larger (tonnes TOT-P)	1 009.9	0.1	10.6
Discharge organic material from wastewater facility 50 pe or larger (tonnes BOD5)	36 673	3.3	-16.2
Disposal of sewage sludge to soil improvement (tonnes dry weight)	83 195	-9.6	-9.0
Used in agriculture	56 591	-13.4	-20.2
Used in parks or green spaces	7 189	-35.7	113.1
Delivered to soil producers	19 415	25.2	13.5

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