Entry requirements ensure safety and security

摘要

So, it is not surprising that water utility companies, developers and manufacturers have to jump through a succession of hoops before access covers and housing to what are still called manholes comply with UK law. This will have to comply with the European Union's Construction Products directive, which came into force on April 1st 2001, and which covers materials produced for incorporation in a permanent manner or works. As a result, wastewater engineering products, which includes manholes and inspection chambers for wastewater systems, now have to meet this directives requirements on common methods of performance evaluation. This boils down to the relevant EN standards, now being published progressively, and to the CE quality mark.