Under the Focus of Statistics : Sewerage and Stormwater Treatment in Germany

Diagrams based on the latest data made available by the German Federal Statistical Office for the report year 2013 show the status of public sewage systems in Germany, the number of stormwater tanks in the sewerage system, and the number of public wastewater treatment plants. For all federal states, figures are given for the amount of drinking water delivered, the proportion of inhabitants connected to the public sewerage, the lengths of sewer per inhabitant, the geographical distribution of combined and separate sewer, the number of stormwater tanks with the annual average infiltration / inflow rate there, along with the growth in the number of stormwater facilities since 1975.. - The origin of this paper got published in German, this is a revised English version. Brombach, H., Dettmar, J.: Im Spiegel der Statistik: Abwasserkanalisation und Regenwasserbehandlung in Deutschland, KA Korrespondenz Abwasser 2016 (3), 176–186