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Dog Detectives on the Scent of Leakage in Borders and East Lothian
We're deploying a crack team of specially trained dogs to help locate hidden leaks on our network in rural areas
17 April 2024Follow-up water pipe event for Ross-shire residents
Scottish Water is offering Ross-shire residents a further opportunity to discuss a proposal for a new pipe to supply water to a hydrogen production plant next to Beinn Tharsuinn Windfarm, west of Edderton, at a drop-in consultation event.
09 April 2024Tom’s Munro Challenge Memories Inspire Generation 2024 to Support WaterAid
WaterAid Munro Challenge founder Tom Millar looks back on three decades as we gear up for this year's event.
08 April 2024Free Planters and Water Butts for Prestwick Neighbourhood to Reduce Flood Risk
We've launched a pilot project offering 250 homeowners free water butts and planters to help reduce the risk of flooding for their neighbours downstream
05 April 2024High-Tech UK-First to Solve Historic Sewer Problem
Scottish Water has turned to ultra high-pressure robotics in a UK-first to remove decades of industrial deposits blocking a strategic sewer in South Lanarkshire
03 April 2024Combined Sewer Overflow Data Update
Annual data on overflows from the public waste water system have been published to meet our regulatory requirements and our commitment in the Improving Urban Waters Routemap
27 March 2024New gardens set to ‘rain-in’ flooding risk at Scottish Water’s Invergowrie office
A PILOT project to rainproof Scottish Water’s Invergowrie office has been completed as the publicly-owned water company looks to reduce the risk of flooding, and inspire others to follow suit.
07 March 2024Scottish Water Turns to Nature to Create Rainproof Communities
We are harnessing nature to help reduce flooding in communities during extreme rainfall caused by climate change
05 March 2024Rain Gardens for Wellhouse
Residents of a Glasgow neighbourhood are being asked for their views on a scheme to help manage surface rainwater and improve the environment
01 March 2024Adapting Scotland’s Water and Waste Water Services to Climate Change
Our plan sets out what we must do and how we need to work with others to ensure our services against the impact of climate change
29 February 2024Tide has Turned on Greenock A8 Floods
Our £2.5million project to tackle frequent flooding on the A8 trunk road through Inverclyde has been completed
20 February 2024New Fife woodland boosts biodiversity and captures carbon
Scottish Water is creating a new woodland in the Lomond Hills, close to its Lomond Hills reservoir complex in Fife
14 February 2024King's Ransom for King's Inch as Multi Million Pound Sewer Upgrade Begins
The first phase of a more-than £10 million investment to upgrade the main sewer running between Renfrew and the Shieldhall waste water treatment works is about to get underway
29 January 2024£9 million Highlands and Islands investment projects under way
Our 2024 multi-million investment programme kicks off across the Highlands and Islands this month, with three new projects getting under way in Newtonmore, Benbecula and Shetland.
16 January 2024Scottish Water calls for a no wet wipes New Year
Scottish Water is encouraging householders in West Lothian to make banning wet wipes their New Year's resolution for 2024
27 December 2023