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Using an underwater Drone for the inspection of reservoirs has so many benefits for not only the consumer but corporations too. One company based in Washington, called Clark Public Utilities, conducts routine safety and maintenance of 35 water reservoirs and has recently introduced underwater Drones. Traditionally, the reservoirs would have needed to be drained in order to have them inspected safely by an individual. Some of these reservoirs would contain 3 million gallons of water, which would incur drainage and refilling costs. So you can understand why CPU introduced an ROV called the DTG2 ROV, due to its portability.   With built in lithium batteries there is now no need to use a generator to power the ROV. On average, a 90-minute charge can allow up to eight hours of operation, unlike previous methods that would take hours to not only drain but refill. With the inclusion of this particular ROV, CPU claimed: ‘Some of our reservoirs are in a pressure zone with no other r...

Across the UK, local government have started using Drones following their receipt of a commercial Drone licence from the Civil Aviation Authority. According to research, North Yorkshire is the latest to use Drone technology for areas such as checking whether people have kept the size of their new extension within the agreed limits. But this has not come without concern from civil liberties campaigners. Their issue is that it could give a green light for state surveillance. According to reports, one resident used an online forum to write: ‘'wow, the councils are going to be flying around filming you all as you are going about your day, peering in your windows and back yards ' So now, the campaigning group Big Brother Watch has instigated the need for guidelines to make sure councils do not have the authority to zoom in on private property without a justified reason. So what are councils using Drones for? There appears to be a range of activities that local government...