While they continue to make products that save water, leading plumbing manufacturers say more needs to be done to use water efficiently inside and outside buildings.

“We need to concern ourselves with the whole water infrastructure,” said Michael Sipek, CEO of Bradley Corp., Oct. 28 during the Executive Panel Discussion at the Plumbing Manufacturers International Fall Conference in Rosemont, Ill. “We lose millions of gallons of water through old and broken pipes. It’s a problem we can fix, but we don’t.”