water theft
Hundreds of thousands of litres are lost every day – and everything stolen is classed as leakage
Thames Water has hired a team of detectives to track down thieves stealing water from its pipe network. It brought in the squad following a dramatic spike in water theft – unauthorised connections have skyrocketed from 33 in 2011 to 734 last year. Currently, any unaccounted-for water is classed as leakage in end-of-year performance […]