A broken tap ran at a hospital for nearly three months and wasted around a million litres of water, according to reports.

The tap at Ysbyty Glan Clwyd emergency department in Denbighshire , was fixed on 26 October, the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board claimed, but the BBC ’s Local Democracy Reporting Service said a sticker by the tap showed the matter was reported on 7 August.

A running tap uses ten litres of water a minute, according to campaign group Let’s Save Water.

The tap was running for 81 days, according to the BBC, which means that as much as 1,166,400 litres of water may have been used while it was broken.

Not-for-profit group Waterwise said it was appalled by the waste of water.

Chief executive Nicci Russell told the BBC: "This is an absolutely horrific waste of water when we can scarcely afford to be wasting water.

"The climate change committee is telling us drought is one of our top three climate risks.

"Our current water systems are not even fit for the current climate let alone…