Irish Water to spend €51m on fixing leaks in households

Irish Water is to spend €51m over the next two years to fix 25,000 household leaks .

It said readings taken from 413,000 water meters in the last three months of 2014 indicated that 46m litres of water are lost to 30,000 suspected leaks every day — enough to meet Limerick City’s daily water demand.

Jerry Grant, head of asset management at Irish Water, said that if the number of detected leaks rises on a pro rata basis, Irish Water will discover between 60,000 and 70,000 leaks by the time all its meters have been installed.