Worsening leaks caused nine per cent of the 570,643 megalitres supplied by Sydney Water in 2018/19 to go down the drain.
But the leaks have got bigger, the Water Conservation Report has found. The report was provided to the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal which is setting water prices for 2020.
The report found leaks rose from 114 megalitres in 2016-2017, to 129 megalitres in 2017/2018 and 131 megalitres in the latest findings. Sydney Water has invested $30 million in increasing frontline crews and has also inspected 15,000 km of pipes in 2018/19 compared with 9000 last financial year.they were "definitely" seeing more water leaks, as the clay soil contracted, as well as more cracks in terracotta sewage pipes. Steve Jenson, operations manager of Pav Plumbing in St Peters, said he was seeing a lot of tree roots wrapped around sewer pipes, and then blocking the pipes.
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