Recently Strib reporter Steve Brandt wrote about how the city has a significant gap between water used and water billed. Minneapolis was losing four percent of the water pumped into the system, but when that figure was analyzed, we found that the real number was almost quadruple - 15.75%. In other words, that's the percent of water lost in the system. A healthy percentage is no higher than 10%.
Some water loss, as the article states, is inevitable - either due to the age of the system and small leaks as a result, or from necessary activities such as firemen accessing a hydrant. But our current numbers are markedly higher than where they should be.
Two locations on 26th Ave N have had water gushing from them for weeks and even months on end. They are located at...
