The leakage rates in Greater Sudbury’s water distribution systems range from nine to 47%, averaging 26.3%, which far exceeds 15% target
Greater Sudbury’s infrastructure shows its age in various ways, and a new municipal report shows how it has manifested in water leakage volumes.
The total leakage volume in 2012 was estimated at 5,738,490 cubic metres in Greater Sudbury. Against a production of 21,846,607 cubic metres, there was an overall leakage of 26.3 per cent. The city’s Water and Wastewater Master Plan cites an aspirational goal of reducing leakage to 15 per cent, though Beam’s report notes that most industry literature references a best practice leakage rate of between 15-20 per cent.
Despite ranking at or near the top in age, Greater Sudbury’s 7.8 water main breaks per 100 kilometers of pipe ranks it only slightly above the 2021 municipal average of 7.35.
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