High-tech detection system to plug 80m litres of leaks

Property owners with illegal water connections, which are responsible for the loss of almost 80m litres a day, could soon be outed as Irish Water deploys a new high-tech leaks detection system.

The system is designed to track unusual patterns of water usage and while about 90% of the 800m litres of water lost daily is believed to be caused by leaking pipes, the other 10% is thought to flow through unauthorised connections.