Leaky pipes cost money, as Castle Rock Water knows all too well. Serving about 87,000 residents south of Denver, the utility’s 517-mile distribution network lost 166 million gallons of potable water in 2023 alone.This represents $400,000 to $650,000 in lost 2023 revenue, depending on how the missing water is monetized, and it’s not the worst loss that this utility has experienced, with 240 million gallons lost due to leakage in another recent year. That is equivalent to 737 acre-feet, enough to supply roughly 1,000 families with water for a year.“The majority of our system is probably less than 25 to
