Bosses at Yorkshire Water paid more than £3m in bonuses - despite leakages running at 283.1 million litres per day

It comes as a hosepipe ban has been announced for 5m customers starting on August 26

People walk on the dry cracked earth at Baitings Reservoir in Ripponden, West Yorkshire, where water levels are significantly low. Credit: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

YW said in the report this was down to two factors - an increase in serious pollution incidents and a changing methodology with stricter performance measures. Of the ten water companies listed, Northumbrian Water gave the least amount of bonuses while United Utilities was the most generous .lose up to a quarter of all their water from leaks alone.

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