Retrofitting security systems to Victorian water engineering can pose challenges. Pioneering in their day, these ageing structures now rely on 21st century ingenuity to extend their service life and bring them in line with modern security and operational standards. This was true of Wessex Water's project to enhance the protection of two impounding reservoirs in Somerset, constructed in the late 1800s. The contract involved the design and build of physical and electronic protection measures, compliant with current government guidelines and standards. Central to this has been the engineering of high security access systems for valve towers sited within the reservoirs.
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