Private sewer adoption stores up problems unless water companies get a clear map of the network
Recent media coverage has indicated that the forthcoming transfer to water companies of private sewers and lateral drains could affect up to 200,000 kilometres of pipework. That spells trouble for the industry unless sufficiently detailed surveys are undertaken, says Mike Page, Quality Manager at Subscan Technology, the UK’s leading specialists in underground surveying. When the draft regulation for the transfer was published in August 2010, the Minister, James Paice, said, “Transfer will … provide much greater efficiency of effort, environmental stewardship and expenditure at a time