WASA CEO Kelvin Romaine, says 90 million gallons of water have been wasted due to leaks, according to a figure tabulated in 2021.
He noted, however, that there could be a reduction as 5,000 leaks were fixed.
He said: “This represents about 35 per cent of system input. Remember, inherent in any distribution network is leakage. This means that you will always have leaks, visible and background leakage.”
He said WASA’s total production is 240 million barrels of water per day.
However, despite fixing 5,000 leaks in the past two years, WASA still has over 1,500 leaks to address.
WASA chairman Ravindra Nanga, during a Joint Select Committee meeting last week, acknowledged that WASA had faced a backlog of 5,000 leaks in its system. He said through the implementation of a digital dashboard, they were able to address and repair all those leaks. Nevertheless, he added there are still 1,500 current leaks that need attention.
Nanga noted that leakages will persist until there is a significant replacement of ageing infrastructure.