How CCTV survey reporting should be coded, presented and evidenced so a water authority accepts it for Section 104 sewer adoption without query.
Not all surveys are adoption-grade
A CCTV survey that is fine for a maintenance report is often rejected for adoption. Water authorities expect fully coded reporting, clean and flooded-free footage, proven access to every manhole, and defect grading that matches the industry coding standard rather than free-text notes.
What we include as standard
An adoption-ready survey pack should contain:
- HD footage of every run, upstream and downstream where required
- Coded defect reporting with location references and severity grading
- Manhole inspection records including benching, channels and cover detail
- Photographic evidence of each chamber
- A prioritised recommendations schedule with repair method
- Drawings marked up against the as-built layout
Survey before the trades leave site
Surveying while groundworks are still mobilised is far cheaper than returning months later. If a defect is found, the plant and the labour to fix it are already on site, and the re-survey can be done in the same visit.