Forward-thinking Wessex Water has been testing a pair of innovative underwater cleaning robots to see whether they can be deloyed to ensure customers continue to receive the purest supplies at the tap.
Wessex Water has been working with Water Quality Engineer Panton McLeod to see if the machines – which are used to inspect and clean service reservoirs across the UK – can be deployed across the Wessex region to keep supplies at their highest quality.
The robots are used exclusively by Panton McLeod to inspect and clean underground water storage tanks while they are live and online – meaning that they do not need to be drained first and customers experience no disruption to their supplies. The firm already uses the machines when undertaking cleaning and inspection work for some of the biggest water companies in the British Isles, including Severn Trent Water and Scottish Water.
In a recent test, Wessex Water invited Panton McLeod to carry out a demonstration of the machines – known as the ROV and the VR600 – at the Goodshill Reservoir near Chippenham to show how they could be used to clean their water storage facilities across the region.
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