News & Views - Scottish Water

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Monster project secures sustainable water supply for Loch Ness communities

A state-of-the-art single Water Treatment Works has been built to replace two smaller WTWs. The new plant uses nanofiltration membranes to produce up to 1 million litres of world class drinking water every day, drawn from the largest body of freshwater in Scotland.

18 September 2023

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£3 million investment in green hydro energy generation at East Lothian reservoir

Scottish Water has broken ground on a pioneering new type of hydro energy generation scheme at Whiteadder Reservoir

15 September 2023

Major Investment to Tackle Sewer Bursts

We are looking to invest around £3million in the first phase of a major upgrade to an important sewer main serving customers in Renfrew and Glasgow

13 September 2023

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£40 million water main upgrade between Peterhead and Ellon gets underway

We are upgrading the water network between Peterhead and Ellon to ensure customers continue to receive fresh, high-quality drinking water and reduce the risk of pipes bursting.

05 September 2023

Tayvallich Water Network Upgrades Complete

Significant works to help improve the local water network in the picturesque village of Tayvallich have been completed

04 September 2023

Road Closure Needed to Deliver Bridge of Weir Flood Relief

Main Street in Bridge of Weir is to be closed to all traffic for approximately two months to allow delivery of Scottish Water’s £1million project to alleviate sewer flooding in the village

01 September 2023

Hi-Tech Tunnelling Machine Helps Improve Service for One Million People

A state-of-the-art machine has completed tunnelling beneath a busy motorway and railway line as part of a major project to benefit a million customers.

29 August 2023

Kate Forbes MSP at Dunvegan with members of the team involved with delivering the current investment in Skye’s water networks, with the Roag peninsula beyond. They are pictured with a Scottish Water sign reading: ‘A toirt cùl-taic dhan Eilean Sgitheanach / Investing in Skye'

MSP sees Skye water networks investment

Local MSP Kate Forbes has visited the site of an extensive water network renewal project for Dunvegan in the Isle of Skye

22 August 2023

Solar Powering Oban

Our latest solar power scheme is helping to protect the coastal community of Oban from the effects of climate change

22 August 2023

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Priorsford Primary School Pupils joined by Cabinet Secretary to bury time capsule at new Water Treatment Works in Peebles

Local school children have buried a time capsule to mark the official opening of the innovative, new £30million Bonnycraig Water Treatment works in Peebles, Scottish Borders.

18 August 2023