Sewage treatment Maintenance rate 64% 1998.09.15

The Ministry of Construction, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has summarized the maintenance status of the sewage treatment facilities such as sewerage, merger processing purification chamber and agricultural village drainage facilities. The nationwide average penetration rate was 64% (up 2 points yoy). In terms of population, 80,510,000 people (3,130,000 people yoy). By Prefecture, Tokyo 96%, Kanagawa 90%, Osaka, Hyogo 81% and large metropolitan area, but also in Wakayama 19%, Tokushima 22%, Shimane 30%, etc. are delayed.