NEWS IN BRIEF – EUROPE
- From: Vol 7, Issue 2 (February 2006)
- Category: Brief
- Region: Europe
- Country: Germany and United Kingdom
- Related Companies: Colas Group, Degrémont (Suez), Energis, OTV, RWE, Siemens, Veolia and Vinci Group
* Germany leads Europe on reducing unaccounted-for water. Distribution losses are just 7.3% of total water supplied, according to the gas and water federation, BGW.
By comparison, water losses in England and Wales are put at 19.2% and in France, at 26% of total water sales. “Water losses in France are equivalent to about 25% of total drinking water deliveries in Germany,” says the BGW. It says the drinking water sector has invested an average €2.5 billion/year over the last 15 years ...
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