Drinking water leakage losses in Italy 2018, by region
In 2018, the Italian region where the water losses were highest was Abruzzo, followed by Umbria and Lazio. In these regions, only half of the drinking water volume reached end-users. Water leakage was caused by the aging distribution network, which was an issue in most of the national territory: considering the whole country, the average water losses amounted to 42 percent of the volume treated and put in the distribution system.
