Urban
1.51 ppgap
91.92%have potential access
90.41%are connected
168,831people
Romania · public water · 2024 data
The water that never arrives100 litres enter. 50 generate no revenue.
That does not mean all 50 leaked away.
Across the 45 major regional operators, ANRSC says 50% of water brings in no revenue. Our volume-weighted calculation from their sheets gives 50.43%. Operators classify 40.65 litres as physical loss. Another 9.78 litres bring in no revenue, but the data do not show that this water leaked.
49.57 L revenue water
40.65 L reported physical loss
9.78 L other non-revenue components
We calculated the split from 45 regional sheets. ANRSC rounds the total to 50%.
Threshold 1 · main and home
A pipe may reach a locality without water reaching the household.
In ANRSC's report, "access" means the infrastructure can supply water. "Connection" means a person receives the service. The gap covers 704,157 people in the reported areas.
Rural
7.35 ppgap
80.44%have potential access
73.09%are connected
535,325people
The reported service areas have 18,525,599 residents. The number measures the gap between access and connection. It does not explain why people remain unconnected.
Threshold 2 · the operator manifold
Between 22.24% and 72.50%. One measure, very different results.
Each branch represents one operator and its service area. Some areas span several counties. Rust marks physical loss. Hatching marks the rest of the water that brings in no revenue. The 50% line marks ANRSC's published regional figure.
50% regional benchmark
No operator matches.
physical lossother components
The explorer contains 45 regional operators and the sheet for Apa Nova Ploiești. ANRSC groups two large municipal operators. Its public annex does not provide the Bucharest sheet.
Threshold 3 · plan and field
For 11 operators, the target fell. Loss rose.
For these 11 operators, the plans started at 40.62% and called for 37.87% by the end of 2024. The result was 41.89%. ANRSC says the operators had completed most of the proposed investments, but had overstated their effect because they had not assessed field conditions correctly.
17.97%final target
37.87%2024 plan
40.62%reference
41.89%2024 actual
The scale runs from 15% to 45%. The comparison covers the 11 operators with a business plan under way on 31 December 2024.
Beyond the 45 sheets
704 municipalities had no organised water supply at all.
The 45 sheets do not describe the whole country. The report counts 704 municipalities without an organised water supply. In more than 400 municipalities, operators had no operating authorisation. The water was not potable in 48% of them.
municipalities without organised service
over 400 without authorisation
48% with non-potable water
The main, the connection and the bill are three different thresholds.
When you hear "50% losses", ask what the number measures. When you hear "we extended the network", ask how many people connected. A finished pipe is not the same thing as water at the tap.
SOURCE · ANRSC · 2024
Method, sources and limits
We archived 46 ANRSC sheets and extracted their data. The set covers 45 major regional operators and one large municipal operator. Rates and volumes come from the tables for 2022, 2023 and 2024. ANRSC's 2024 report supplies the national totals and the figures for access, connection and plans.
ANRSC calls this its third benchmarking exercise and says operator data are becoming more accurate. Seven sheets have municipality totals that conflict within the document or have incomplete series. The dataset flags them. We compare what operators reported. We do not assign causes or grade their managers.