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Table 05
- Description of industrial pollution in Spain

Description of pollution indirectly discharged to water by industrial plants in Spain (2001), by specific pollutant.

POLLUTANTS
 TOTAL SPAIN
 AUTONOMOUS REGIONS WITH HIGHEST EMISSIONS
SUBSTANCES
 THRESHOLD (Mt/year)1
 EMISSION (Mt/year)2
 PLANTS3
 MEAN EMISSION PER PLANT (Mt/year)4
 REGION
 EMISSION (Mt/year)2
 PLANTS3
 MEAN EMISSION PER PLANT (Mt/year)4
GROUP 1: ENVIRONMENTAL THEMES
Nitrogen
 50
 6580
 11
 598
 Andalusia
 5673
 3
 1891
Phosphorus
 5
 1877
 26
 72
 Andalusia
 1584
 7
 226
                 
GROUP 2: METALS AND COMPOUNDS
Arsenic
 0.005
 0.162
 4
 0.041
 Galicia
 0.130
 1
 0.130
Cadmium
 0.005
 0.370
 15
 0.025
 Cantabria
 0.150
 1
 0.150
Chromium
 0.050
 5
 19
 0.261
 Basque Country
 3
 5
 0.579
Copper
 0.050
 4
 18
 0.221
 Basque Country
 2
 6
 0.251
Mercury
 0.001
 0.078
 5
 0.016
 Basque Country
 0.047
 2
 0.023
Nickel
 0.020
 8
 39
 0.206
 Aragon
 3
 2
 2
Lead
 0.020
 2
 15
 0.141
 Cantabria
 0.882
 1
 0.882
Zinc
 0.100
 18
 25
 0.738
 Basque Country
 14
 8
 2
                 
GROUP 3: CHLORINATED ORGANIC SUBSTANCES
Dichloroethane-1,2
 0.010
 0.023
 1
 0.023
 Catalonia
 0.023
 1
 0.023
Dichloromethane
 0.010
 0.212
 1
 0.212
 Catalonia
 0.212
 1
 0.212
Chloroalkanes
 0.001
 0.016
 2
 0.008
 Catalonia
 0.016
 2
 0.008
Halogenated organic compounds
 1
 87
 7
 12
 Basque Country
 72
 3
 24
                 
GROUP 4: OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
Benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylenes
 0.200
 10
 3
 3
 Catalonia
 9
 2
 5
Organotin-compounds
 0.050
 0.154
 1
 0.154
 Andalusia
 0.154
 1
 0.154
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
 0.005
 2
 7
 0.265
 Catalonia
 2
 3
 0.502
Phenols
 0.020
 4
 21
 0.184
 Basque Country
 2
 3
 0.505
Total organic carbon
 50
 53332
 65
 820
 Andalusia
 37557
 11
 3414
                 
GROUP 5: OTHER COMPOUNDS
Chlorides
 2000
 366750
 8
 45844
 Andalusia
 312200
 2
 156100
Cyanides
 0.050
 4
 4
 1
 Catalonia
 4
 2
 2
Fluorides
 2
 30
 4
 7
 Basque Country
 26
 3
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