Last year’s bitter winter saw a surge in the number of burst pipes reported Nearly a quarter of all water companies in England and Wales failed to do enough to tackle leaks last year, the industry regulator Ofwat has said.
Its annual report said while companies continued to deliver safe, reliable supplies, six out of 21 companies did not meet their leakage targets.
The worst offender was Yorkshire Water which lost on average 295 million litres a day last year, Ofwat said.
This was 20 million litres more than the level set by the regulator.
This is the first time so many water companies have failed to hit their annual leakage targets.
But it is thought last year’s harsh winter, which saw a surge in the number of burst pipes being reported, may have played a part.
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