The U.K. wastes about three billion liters of water per day, water that is treated and completely safe for human consumption. However, a great deal of this wastage occurs well before the customer turns on the tap, since there are many leaks in the plumbing system that would take too much cost and inconvenience for the water company to fix. This is exacerbated by a mixture of low regulation and low competition among the water companies. Northern Ireland Water is particularly bad about this, losing twice as much as is consumed.

Key Takeaways:

• The author states that the amount of water that is wasted every single day in the UK is about more than three billion liters of water.
• When measured in bathtubs or cups of coffee, three billion liters amounts to 35 million bathtubs or 15 billion cups of coffee.
• It is known that most of the water that is supposed to be used at our homes is lost before we get to use them.

“Water companies have been pledging for years to reduce water leakages, but very little has changed.”

Read more: https://www.water-for-health.co.uk/our-blog/2019/06/water-wastage-in-the-uk/