Greece loses around half its drinking water from leaky pipes and theft, government figures show - nearly twice the EU average of 23%.

STORY: This city in the Arigolda region of southern Greece has a water problem.Its old pipes underground are leaking - and losing more than half the water that's pumped through them.And when reservoir levels are low in the summer - residents are told not to drink the contaminated water pumped from backup sources.

Water leaks through cracks in an irrigation canal that feeds a plain of orange trees, while old underground pipes are said to lose more than half of the water pumped through them, according to local officials.