About 20% of our water supply is lost to leaks and scientists say miniature 'pipe robots' could help.
Pipebots are laden with sensors and designed to be small enough to patrol water pipes without blocking themAround three billion litres of water are lost through leaks across hundreds of thousands of miles of water pipe in England and Wales daily, says water industry economic regulator Ofwat.
Colin Day from Essex and Suffolk Water said: "In [this region] alone, we look after more than 8,500km of pipe and only about half the leaks in those pipes are visible, which means it's complicated to pinpoint where [the rest] are."Wasted water has been a particularly sensitive issue this year. According to Water UK, three companies - South East Water, South West Water, and Yorkshire Water - still have localised hosepipe bans in place following the summer drought.
We visited the site of a leak repair with Essex and Suffolk Water, which is owned by Northumbria Water. At a suburban site, a team was carefully excavating - navigating the overlying sewer pipe, gas supply and electricity cables to locate an underground leak.
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