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Water and Sanitation

               Category             KPI               Result      Performance to Benchmark         SDG


                           Drinking Water Quality    99.45 %


                           Water Consumption       560.72 ℓ / day
                           (per capita)

                           Freshwater                100.00 %
                           Consumption

                           Wastewater Treatment:     62.85 %
                           Primary

                           Wastewater Treatment:
                           Secondary                 31.74 %

                           Wastewater Treatment:     00.00 %
                           Tertiary


            Ålesund’s daily water consumption figure is significantly higher than the 2018 average daily national
            level of 182 litres per capita.
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            It is recommended that Ålesund analyses this high variance as a priority. As part of this exercise, it is
            recommended that the region continues to monitor how much customer water demands (employment
            and residential) account for of the region’s total water production volumes.

            Optimizing water consumption and sanitation measures: Ålesund should evaluate peak day and time
            water consumption trends, in addition to the overall demand and production trends – considering
            seasonal temperature and precipitation trends. The region should then set average annual daily water
            production projections and targets based on customer demand and non-revenue water.  As mentioned
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            previously in the Economy dimension, currently 32.21 per cent of all water produced by the region is
            non-revenue water.


            When it comes to the treatment of wastewater, it has been reported that only about two-thirds of
            Ålesund's wastewater receives primary treatment while one-third receives secondary treatment (with
            no tertiary treatment reported). This is indicative of a nationwide trend identified in previous research,
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            which concluded that a significant percentage of Norway’s population live in areas where ‘connections
            to the central sewer network does not offer sustainable solutions’. A significant percentage of these
            inhabitants ‘did not have any connection to municipal wastewater treatment plants’, and a smaller
            percentage ‘discharged wastewater directly without any method of purification’.


            Therefore, especially with its currently ongoing municipal agglomeration, it is recommended that
            the Region of Ålesund evaluates its wastewater treatment policies, as well as its measurement and




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