Chemical and pharmaceutical industry is the largest industrial wastewater producer in Central Europe
The food industry follows in second place. This is the result of a study by ecoprog on industrial wastewater treatment plants in Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, Austria and Switzerland. The study evaluates more than 1,500 industrial wastewater treatment plant sites; the total number of industrial wastewater treatment plants in these countries is estimated at around 3,600.
Industry is one of the largest water consumers and wastewater producers in Europe. The five countries Germany