The LIDoTT®, a multi-sensor monitoring system designed and developed by wastewater monitoring specialists, Detectronic, is the UK’s first battery-powered EDM monitor to realize MCERTS certification. This important achievement demonstrates the LIDoTT’s monitoring efficiency towards the strict requirements set out for Occasion Length Displays, says the group.
LIDoTT measures wastewater in sewers with millimetric accuracy. This makes it a vital stage monitor for Occasion Length Monitoring (EDM). Explains Neil Butler, managing director at Detectronic: “The MCerts LIDoTT units are battery powered stage monitoring units. And this level is vital. Each different EDM stage monitor that has MCERTS is mains powered. We’re the primary firm within the water trade to realize the certification for battery powered EDM stage displays.
“As such, this represents a significant milestone in the field of wastewater monitoring as it means that the LIDoTT system can be used for Event Duration Monitoring (EDM) in all catchments including remote locations.”
Continues Neil: “One of the main challenges with EDM has been figuring out how to effectively get power to isolated or secluded locations within a catchment. The government instructed water companies to have EDM monitors in place at all CSOs by the end of 2023. And from 1st April 2025 any new or replacement EDM must be an MCERTS certified product. Water companies must submit an annual report highlighting the number and duration of every spill event”.
MCERTS is the Monitoring Certification Scheme of the Surroundings Companies of England and Wales. Offering the framework for companies and water corporations to fulfill high quality necessities; compliance with MCERTS offers the Surroundings Company confidence within the monitoring of emissions and/or discharges into the surroundings. Attaining MCERTS certification signifies that LIDoTT meets and exceeds the excessive requirements for knowledge high quality required for EDM reporting.
Concludes Neil: “We’re delighted to be able to enhance our client offering with this latest development. Not only does MCERTS certification add another layer of credibility to the LIDoTT, it also enhances Detectronic’s reputation in the regulatory market.”
