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Leaky Pipes Causing Major Water Loss in Texas

Texas is losing billions of gallons of water each year to aging water pipes. The loss in Houston last fiscal year was 22.4 billion gallons — some 15 percent of its water usage and enough to supply 383,000 residents for a year.

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A water pipeline crew member waits for the joining of two sections of pipe in order to secure their connection internally.
Credit: Jerod Foster

Texas is losing billions of gallons of water each year to aging water pipes. Although only 10 percent of the state's utilities are required to report the amount of water lost to leaky pipes, the loss in Houston last fiscal year, as reported by the Houston Chronicle, was 22.4 billion gallons — some 15 percent of its water usage and enough to supply 383,000 residents for a year.

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