John Williamson wrote:
Rod Speed wrote:

Makes more sense to fix the leaks.

Thats been done.
Thames water are losing 693 million litres of water *per day* through
leaks in their pipes. (2011 - 2012 estimated figures), out of a total of
2,600 million litres supplied. That's about a quarter of the supply just
leaking away into the ground.
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where it ends up in the aquifers again :=-)

Other water boards here lose about the same percentage.


Not an unreasonable percentage really considering the age of the conduits


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