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Number of wastewater treatment plants in the European Union (EU-27) in 2021 and 2022, by type
Wastewater treatment plants in the EU-27 2021-2022
Urban wastewater effluents were treated by * plants in the European Union (EU-27) as of 2022. The majority of these plants (** percent) had a biological treatment with nitrogen and phosphorus removal. Less than *** percent had only a primary treatment.
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