Per AWWA the average water main loss from utilities is ~22%, and ASCE gives the US potable systems only a grade of "D". A 2018 study by Utah State University revealed that the number of leakage incidents in the preceding 6 years was up 27%, with the slope of the rate of failures sharply increasing. While the utilities keep pressing homeowners to minimize their leakage losses, the utilities lose significantly more on a percentage basis. A primary cause of utility lack of concern for their own systems appears to be the fact that as "public utilities" the costs of their own leakage is passed on to consumers.
Published by Arnold Liu, CEO & Scientific Director at Quantum Dynamics, Inc.
Per AWWA the average water main loss from utilities is ~22%, and ASCE gives the US potable systems only a grade of "D". A 2018 study by Utah State University revealed that the number of leakage incidents in the preceding 6 years was up 27%, with the slope of the rate of failures sharply increasing.
While the utilities keep pressing homeowners to minimize their leakage losses, the utilities lose significantly more on a percentage basis. A primary cause of utility lack of concern for their own systems appears to be the fact that as "public utilities" the costs of their own leakage is passed on to consumers.