§ Mr. LlwydTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many cases of leakage in the water supply system there were, how much water was lost, and how much was spent to rectify these problems, in each of the last five years. [135231]
§ Mr. MeacherThere has been almost a 30 per cent. reduction in water leakage since the Water Summit in May 1997. The total volume of potable water lost through leakage is published annually by the Director General of Water Services in his report on leakage and the efficient use of water. For each of the last five years in England and Wales, the total leakage rates were as follows:
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Organisation Location London Borough of Lewisham Honor Oak London Borough of Hillingdon Hayes/West Drayton Southern Homes Hackney London Borough of Merton Lavender/PhBrdg/Poll Hill Southwark Council Bermondsey London Borough of Barnet Graeme Park London Borough of Hounslow Cranford/Brentford/Hounslow Liverpool Housing Trust Dymchurch Estate, Liverpool West Lancashire District Council Skelmersdale, Liverpool Eldonian Group Ltd. Everton and Breckfield Manchester Methodist Housing Association Longsight and Levenshulme, Manchester Irwell Valley Housing Association Sale West Derwent and Solway Housing Association Moorclose and Westfield, Workington Riverside Cheshire Housing Association Wimslow
Water lost (megalitres/day) 1995–96 4,980 1996–97 4,528 1997–98 3,989 1998–99 3,551 1999–2000 3,306 Information on the number of cases of leakage and on the amount of money spent tackling leakage is not held centrally. Details of water companies' overall capital expenditure were last published by the Director General of Water Services in the "Report on the financial performance and expenditure of the water companies in England and Wales 1999–00". In the next five years water companies will invest £15.6 billion in the water industry.