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 Population served by public water supply systems (Series 2001-2005 - %)
Characteristic Description
Name Population served by public water supply systems (Series 2001-2005 - %) by Geographic localization (NUTS - 2001); Annual
Regularity Annual
Source Statistics Portugal, Environmental survey - Water and wastewater structure caracterization
First available period 2001
Last available period 2005
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Geographic localization (NUTS - 2001)
Concepts
  • WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM:  The group of equipments to distribute water to consumers' houses, in good quantitative and qualitative status. As a whole, a water supply system is composed of the following: abstraction, lifting station, pipeline, tank, distribution pipeline and distribution network.
  • AVERAGE POPULATION:  The average population during a calendar year, generally calculated as the arithmetic mean of the population on two consecutive years.
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  Period to which the information refers and which may be a specific day or a time interval (month, fiscal year, calendar year, among others).
Formule (Population connected to water supply systems/ Annual average resident population)*100
Measure unit (symbol) Percentage (%)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 14/07/2008


information presented in 9/11/2025