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The UK’s water pipe upgrade has made it harder to detect leaks – now the race is on to discover new ways to find them

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par Jen Muggleton, Principal Research Fellow in Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Southampton

The UK is losing a staggering 3 billion litres of water each day through leaky pipes. The issue is not limited to the UK alone. Globally, almost 90 billion litres of water are lost daily, accounting for up to half of all the water pumped around the world.

The environmental impact of this water loss is substantial. The process of treating and pumping water consumes between

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