Water meters installed by Irish Water over six months identified 50,000 leaks on customers' properties throughout Ireland it has been revealed.

The 'First Fix Free' scheme has helped save an estimated 18 million litres of water every day.

Irish Water has written to over 35,000 of those customers to alert them of a potential leak on their property and will continue to write to customers to alert them.

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The national installation of water meters allows Irish Water to identify where customer side leaks are occurring and Irish Water expects to write to 70,000 customers by the time metering programme is completed.

Many of the customers contacted by Irish Water in relation to the First Fix Free scheme were unaware that they had a significant leak on their property. Leak investigations and repair works for properties show the largest leaks are being completed first and Irish Water has already repaired almost 1,300 leaks, saving over 11 million litres of water every day.

A further 2,200 customers that Irish Water has alerted have undertaken their own repairs saving a further seven million of litres every day.

(CD/JP)