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 his Department has made of the (a) number of recorded leaks and (b) amount of water lost as a result of leaks from water pipes in England in each year since 2010.
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.