Photo source: Thames Water
News from Ofwat that more than a quarter of all water companies failed to meet their leakage targets last year will add to the pressure to improve performance. Yorkshire under performed by a massive 7.3 % and Southern and Northumbrian also missed their targets.
Ofwat is threatening tough action to force compliance. There is no doubt that last years hard winter made the situation much more difficult. However hitting leakage targets is also becoming more difficult for several reasons especially:
- o The use of more plastic pipework
- o An increasing 24/7 lifestyle and multi occupancy houses
- o The aging water distribution network
All the trends are going the wrong way on leakage and meeting the every tighter leakage targets is becoming significantly more difficult. Water companies are trying new technologies but are not keeping pace with a toughening climate.
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