National Cableways Inspections and Service Framework Agreement 2020-24

A hydrometric cableway is any bank supported aerial conveying system suspended above a waterway. Such systems consist of a winch, pulley and cable system that is supported across a river by two metal towers or stanchions; they allow flow and gauging equipment to be traversed across a river so that the Environment Agency can take measurements or water depth and velocity; such measurements are then used to calculate the flow or discharge of the river. The Environment Agency is intending to produce a contract for insp...