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By email
28 July 2021
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000
Request for Information-Acknowledgment
Reference: 202107079
Dear Chris N
Thank you for your request for information:
A report several years ago found 36,000 leaks had occurred in London's streets, with many streets seeing
multiple occurrences, with some as many as 33 times.
As per the BBC article in 2018
(https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fne
ws%2Fuk-england-
lo&data=04%7C01%7Cfoi%40ofwat.gov.uk%7C34b8550913d949cbd89908d9511795a8%7C
42a92f0e996a41b285123ed237ab8313%7C0%7C1%7C637629984004410744%7CUnknown%7CTW
FpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3
000&sdata=WQfUYfaxawQAUd8mym4pP6ikg%2FBbwz14uxUWsvAcDzY%3D&reserve
d=0...), I was hoping you could provide me with similar data regarding the number of leaks by street (or
postcode) between 2015 and the end of 2020?
Your request was received on 27 July 2021 and is being dealt with under the terms and
conditions of the FOIA 2000, as the information requested does not fall under the definitions
of the EIRs which can be found at the following link:
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/3391/contents/made
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Yours sincerely
Ofwat’s Information Governance Team
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