leakage

Mr Sirman believes that if you account for the efficiency and health issues of refrigerants, like leakages, Magnotherm products can compete on price.

"Reducing leakage really does help us with our water resource position as the weather dries and we get less rainfall and storage across our system," said Mr Rees.

Standing by the flowing stream, Bednarski called it “leakage water from the mountain itself.”

The state adopted a more rigorous classification system and regulations, including the state leakage test, in the 1980s.

And the world needs to tackle both the small leakages and the high-emitting events, she says.