0.3% of homes used an eighth of total water supply

Just over 2,000 of 771,348 metered homes are responsible for using nearly an eighth of the country's total municipal water supply.

Just over 2,000 of the 771,348 metered homes are responsible for using nearly an eighth of the country's total municipal water supply.

New figures from the CSO show that the average home, with a water meter, used 383 litres of water per day.