Water Supply
(asked on 6th March 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the amount of water lost through leakage as a proportion of total supply by water companies in 2017; and if he will make a statement.
The Environment Agency estimates that the following amount of water has been lost as a result of leakage since 2010 in England:
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| 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 |
Total leakage (millions) | Mega litres per day | 3084 | 3155 | 2948.57 | 2963.32 | 2916.19 | 2941.89 | 2896.35 | 2910.00 |
Leakage % (litres per day) | % | 22% | 22% | 21% | 22% | 21% | 22% | 21% | 21% |
The total number of leaks is not recorded.
Leakage figures for all the water companies in England and Wales are available at Discover Water at https://discoverwater.co.uk/leaking-pipes.