26% of Hamilton drinking water doesn't make it to taps. Here's what the city is doing.

The city loses more than a quarter of its fresh drinking water to leaks in its watermains. (City of Hamilton)

The city has a new plan to detect water leaks faster, after the revelation that a quarter of its fresh drinking water never makes it to Hamilton homes.

Twenty-six per cent of the treated water destined for local taps, or 19.916 megalitres per year, escapes through broken and leaky pipes, says Dave Alberton, Hamilton's manager of water distribution. That's higher than the provincial average of 15 per cent, he said, and it's expensive and bad for the environment.

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