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Water is, of course, a vital part of everybody's day-to-day life. As your water company, we have a responsibility to protect that water supply for everyone. Part of that involves finding and fixing leaks all over our region to make sure nothing is wasted, and we go to great lengths to make sure we're doing all we can to reduce and stop leakage.

In 2019, the Environment Agency warned that England could face water shortages within 25 years as a reslt of climate change and a rising population. This makes the work we do to increase our water efficiency all the more important.

With the majority of our network buried underground, it can be hard to locate the exact source of a leak, or spot it before it breaches the surface.

Any water that escapes from the network is wasted water, and we are working hard to minimise the level of water lost as it travels through our pipes.

Our teams are constantly monitoring our network, checking for subtle changes in flow rate and pressure that may indicate leaks.

Acoustic loggers are a major part of our leak detection technology. They pick up vibrations from a leak when they’re attached to a pipe. Those vibrations are reviewed by our technicians who can use that information to find a leak.

We often use these at night, when the network is at its quietest and there is less background noise. The loggers listen out for the distinctive sound patterns that escaping water produces.

We also have pressure loggers, permanently assessing the pressure levels in our pipes. These are able to detect changes in flow and pressure. If there is an unexpected drop in pressure, that suggests there may be a leak.  

By placing one of these loggers at either end of a section of pipe that we are investigating, we can use the data they collect to triangulate the position of the leak, so we can dig in the right place and get to work fixing it quickly.