Water companies criticised as amount lost from leaks rises for second year

Firms must lead by example if they want customers to conserve supplies, says consumer councilWater firms have been criticised by the industry watchdog after it found the amount of water lost to leakages had increased for the second consecutive year.Nine of the private companies that supply water in England and Wales failed to meet their targets on cutting leakage in the year to April, according to the report by the Consumer Council for Water (CCWater). It found that leakages increased by 1.5% in