Water networks lose 42.4% of drinking water in Italy. In 2022 the water dispersed in municipal drinking water distribution networks would satisfy water needs of 43.4 million people for an entire year.
In 2023, the share of families who do not trust drinking tap water is at 28.8%. Italy is reconfirmed - for over a twenty years - in first place in the European Union for the quantity, in absolute value, of fresh water withdrawn for drinking use from surface or underground water bodies.