Highly trained leakage detection dogs are helping Portsmouth Water to find hidden leaks - this includes its newest four-legged recruit, Kilo, who on just his second day on the job successfully identified a leak on a major 18-inch trunk main near Chichester.

Scottish Water is using sniffer dogs to help find leaking water mains in some rural areas in Scotland - the dogs have recently successfully identified hard to find hidden leaks with the discovery of 21 suspected leaks in the Borders and East Lothian.

South West Water is using highly-trained dogs to help find water leaks in rural areas as the company looks to continue reducing leakage levels across the region.

Two highly trained springer spaniels will help Yorkshire Water reduce leaks in the region.

The use of sniffer dogs for the first time in Scotland in trials to help Scottish Water find leaking water mains in rural areas have scored a big success with two discoveries in the past few days.