Optical Fibres: Water Supply

(asked on 18th August 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with the Drinking Water Inspectorate on health and safety check requirements for the approval of fibre optic products for use in trials of feeding those cables through water pipes.


Answered by
Matt Warman Portrait
Matt Warman
This question was answered on 6th September 2021

The Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI) has been involved in planning the Fibre in Water trial project from a very early stage and will remain key to its success throughout. The project will only allow trials using products which the DWI has fully certified as safe to use, and which meet critical requirements for security and resilience. The project will be steered by a joint governance board including DCMS, Defra, BEIS, Ofwat and Ofcom representatives with safe and resilient supply of both services as a central success factor.

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