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United Utilities Water: Water Supply

Asked by Navendu MishraLabourDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 20 October 2025UIN 81367

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the volume of water lost to leakage in the United Utilities network in each of the last five years.

Answered by Emma Hardy

Total leakage data is reported to the Environment Agency annually by water companies through the statutory Water Resources Management Plan annual review process.

A summary of 2023/24 water company performance across the country, which includes leakage data, is available here.

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