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Scottish Water Joins Global Coalition on Sustainable Water Use

Scottish Water has joined a growing global partnership aimed at encouraging customers to make smart decisions on water use to help protect a precious natural resource and reduce carbon emissions.

11 November 2021

Scotland’s Smart Canal Makes First Connection to New Housing Following North Glasgow Success Story

Patrick Harvie MSP, connected Europe’s first dynamic canal system to the inaugural housing development today at Scottish Canals’ COP26 event. 

10 November 2021

Lewis Peatland Restoration Projects Help Net Zero Drive

Scottish Water is working with communities on the Isle of Lewis to restore eroding, damaged peatlands and ensure they continue to act as vital carbon storage

02 November 2021

Flooding Project Completed in Prestwick

An investment project worth over £2 million to help tackle sewer flooding in Prestwick, South Ayrshire has been successfully completed

25 October 2021

Innovation is Heating Up in Renfrewshire

Learn about Scottish Water's role in a ‘fifth generation’ heating network at Scotland's manufacturing innovation district in Renfrewshire

21 October 2021

New £800,000 Solar Scheme for Aberdeen in Net Zero Drive

An ambitious solar energy scheme which will help power two of the main service reservoirs supplying water to Aberdeen has been completed

21 October 2021

Scottish Water Supports Upstream Battle

We teamed up with Literati and the Beacon Arts Centre in Inverclyde to continue our support for Keep Scotland Beautiful's campaign, Upstream Battle.

12 October 2021

Scottish Water Supports Sustainable Approach to Hydration for COP26 Police Officers

The sustainable solution will give officers access to temporary water points set up at posts around the country

07 October 2021

Pioneering Low Carbon Tayside Treatment Works Marks 20 Years

A ground-breaking waste water treatment works (WWTW) in Tayside that operates using a biological process within a lagoon is marking two decades of low carbon operation

30 September 2021

Major Investment to Tackle Sewer Flooding in South Lanarkshire

We're investing £2.5 million in a major project to help prevent sewer flooding in Stonehouse, South Lanarkshire

30 September 2021

School Turns Out To Top Up From The Tap

Pupils from Drymen Primary School were among the first to fill their bottles from Scottish Water’s latest Top Up Tap at Rowardennan on the banks of Loch Lomond

28 September 2021

BLOG: Helping Tackle Climate Crisis with WaterAid - Shirley Campbell

Shirley Campbell highlights our work with WaterAid to address climate change impact

17 September 2021

BLOG: Building Knowledge and Taking Action - Mark Dickson

Mark Dickson talks about our progress with net zero in our Capital Programme

16 September 2021

Scottish Water Hits Major Solar Power Milestone

Scottish Water has completed work on a milestone £2 million solar power scheme in Perth as part of its drive towards achieving net zero emissions by 2040

15 September 2021

BLOG: Driving Down Emissions – Paul Kerr

Paul Kerr talks about how we must adopt a ‘mindset change’ to address ‘climate change’

15 September 2021