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MARCH 2015 WET NEWS 3 Look who's come to celebrate the 150th anniversary of London's sewer network! #leetunnel @thameswater S cottish Water has commit- ted extra resources until the end of March to ad- dress road repairs and defective manhole covers in Edinburgh. The company is allocating addi- tional manpower for the work, following discussions with the City of Edinburgh Council. The programme of work is to address more than 75% of the city's 901 items of defective manholes and other similar ac- cess covers, as well as repairing 172 defective repairs – 40% of Edinburgh's total defects for utilities. The council carried out in- spections recently of all repairs carried out by utility companies. It also plans to re-launch the†Ed- inburgh Roadworks Ahead Agreement†(ERWAA), which will involve a working agreement be- O sborne and sheet piling sub-contractor Suttle Projects collaborated to provide a scour protection solu- tion while working on a project to dig out and replace the river bed at the River Colne near Staines in Surrey. The compa- nies developed the Little Mer- maid, a remote-controlled fully- submersible digger. The solution was needed be- cause the deep, fast ' owing wa- ter and low headroom of the bridge meant traditional sheet Scottish Water commits resources for defective street repairs " Edinburgh's council tackles hundreds of defective manholes and street repairs caused by utilities. piling techniques were not via- ble. The mermaid submersible digger was used to scoop out the existing river bed. Divers then set out grout bags that had to be hand-placed underwater and layered to the right levels. 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Councillor Lesley Hinds, transport and environment con- vener, said: "Our work with util- ity companies aims to balance their needs with those who live and work in the city, ensuring roadworks are carried out to the highest standard, with mini- mum disruption. That's why it's very encouraging to see that Scottish Water have committed to this programme of work, which will result in a vast im- provement to the quality of Ed- inburgh's roads. "We will continue to collabo- rate with Scottish Water and the public to guarantee improve- ments are made to the highest quality and with minimum dis- ruption." Mark McEwen, Scottish Wa- ter's customer service general manager, said: "Because of the nature of our work as a unique, multi-service utility, we operate a signi¡ cant network of pipes, sewers and water mains under Edinburgh's streets. This o¢ en requires us to carry out work to ensure our infrastructure is in the best possible condition. "There are sometimes occa- sions when manhole covers can loosen or the road surface can require attention following com- pletion of maintenance work. We have been working very hard to bring down the number of these repairs as they occur, and are determined to maintain the pace of improvement. We have been working very constructive- ly with the city council on this and are pleased to commit some additional resources to carry out work in the coming weeks." Fascinating day today in the London sewers, celebrating the 150th anniversary of its creation by Joseph Bazalgette. @Plaid_Charles NEED TO KNOW A report in January by Edinburgh Council's transport and environment committee said Scottish Water continued had the largest number of defective reinstatements, although these were down 41.1% since the last quarter of 2013/14 The public utility with the largest numbers of defective apparatus continues to be Scottish Water, with 556 items, says the report A request for an Improve- ment Plan was issued to SW in October 2014 The council has held meetings with Scottish Water, Scottish Power, SGN, Virgin Media and Openreach throughout the past 12 months to discuss poor performance Prince Charles pays a visit to Thames Water's Lee Tunnel #PrinceCharles at #leetunnel. 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Whoever thought a sewer could look so disco #leetunnel #london @whitevibes Little Mermaid scours river bed The Mermaid is a converted conventional mini-excavator

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