"Accompanied by significant physical losses, water losses in Baku are around 52%," said Smita Misra, a senior specialist in Water and Sanitation Services at the World Bank, APA-Economics reports.
She noted that 82% of these losses are technical losses.
"In terms of water losses, commercial losses account for 15-20%. Commercial losses are primarily related to unregistered meters, connections, systematic errors in data processing, and illegal tampering with meters," Smita Misra added.