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Key Facts about: Inland Water Quality and Use

Water leakage: 1992/3-2004/5

England and Wales

water leakage
megalitres (Ml) per day
 
1992/3
2000/1
2001/2
2002/3
2003/4
2004/5
2005/6
Distribution losses
3,576
2,365
2,527
2,606
2,625
2,584
2,611
Supply pipe losses
1,191
878
888
999
1,024
1,024
966
Total leakage
4,767
3,243
3,415
3,605
3,649
3,608
3,576

Targets are set each year for water companies in England and Wales to reduce leakage. In 2005/6, 2,611 megalitres per day of water put into the supply in England and Wales was lost through leakage, 32 per cent lower than in the peak year 1994/5 but showing very little change in the last four years.

'Distribution losses' includes all loses of drinkable water between the treatment works and the highway boundary. 'Supply pipe losses' is leakage from customers' pipes between the highway boundary and the customer's stop tap.

In Detail:
Water supply and use
Water abstractions and supply
Further Information:
Source:
Ofwat
Data Tables:

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Page last modified: 26 January 2007
Page published: 24 January 2006

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