WATER FIRMS IN ENGLAND AND WALES ‘LEAK FIVE TIMES WHAT HOSEPIPE BAN WOULD SAVE’
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Greenpeace UK says 2.87bn litres lost daily, a fifth of all water pumped through network Water companies are wasting five times more water through leaky pipes than even a nationwide hosepipe ban could save,… Research by Greenpeace UK found that 2.87bn litres of water a day seep from leaky pipes in England and Wales.
That is enough to fill 1,150 Olympic-sized swimming pools and amounts to a fifth of all water pumped through the network. Continue reading...
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- The Guardian: Greenpeace UK says 2.87bn litres lost daily, a fifth of all water pumped through network Water companies are wasting five times more water through leaky pipes than even a nationwide hosepipe ban could save,…
- The Guardian: Research by Greenpeace UK found that 2.87bn litres of water a day seep from leaky pipes in England and Wales.
- The Guardian: That is enough to fill 1,150 Olympic-sized swimming pools and amounts to a fifth of all water pumped through the network.
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- Topic: UK — the feed headline centres on WATER, FIRMS, ENGLAND, WALES, LEAK.
- Original feed: The Guardian.
- Published: 18 Jul 2026, 10:22 UK.
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