A drinking water, pumping facility owned by a large water authority, located in an isolated rural location was in need of an intruder detection system to ensure that the clean drinking water being pumped was not interfered with or contaminated in any way.
The facility comprised of a stone-built pump house with high security door, an external control cabinet and a secure inspection hatch.
Following discussions with the client & their installer, it was agreed to fit three Harper Chalice HatchSecure units to the three access areas and to connect these with the existing intruder alarm and CCTV system.
HatchSecure detectors were mounted on the high security door to the pump house, the door to the control cabinet and the secure inspection hatch. All three detectors were then connected via a control unit to the existing alarm panel.
As the HatchSecure detector is a multi-function detector, it uses a number of different sensors to detect unscheduled movement or attacks and is therefore perfectly suited to identify unauthorised access to any of the protected facilities.
Due to the nature of the three locations protected within the site, it was necessary to install the HatchSecure detectors in different locations and orientations.
The site processes a significant amount of clean drinking water and therefore it was critical that the equipment would continue to work in the damp environment with a high degree or continuous vibration.
The equipment was installed by a third party with authorisation to work on this facility therefore installation training of the third party installers was key to the success of the project.
