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'Water Woods' Scheme to Protect Water Quality at Talla Reservoir

An 80-hectare native woodland creation scheme at Talla Reservoir in the Borders is being planned to protect the source water quality for thousands of customers in Edinburgh in the face of climate change

30 September 2025

BLOG The End of Endless Water: How Climate Change is Rewriting Scotland's Future

Marking the start of Scottish Climate Week, Chair of Scottish Water Deirdre Michie writes about how climate change is breaking the illusion of Scotland's 'endless water' supply

29 September 2025

Works Starts on £2.4m Solar Carport Project 

Our Stepps office is set to be home to one of the largest solar carports in the country, as work gets underway on a major £2.4m renewables project

29 September 2025

Going the Extra Mile For WaterAid

Scottish Water employees, joined by friends and family, took to the streets, cycle paths, and walkways across Scotland on Saturday 20 September for the second annual ‘Tap to Tap' for WaterAid Challenge, raising over £3,000 for WaterAid’s vital work 

 

26 September 2025

Award-Winning Engineering: Scottish Water’s Craigmaddie Reservoir Project Recognised at 2025 Scottish Civil Engineering Awards

Scottish Water is proud to announce it has won an award at this year’s Scottish Civil Engineering Awards, recognised as the highest honour for engineering excellence in the built environment

22 September 2025

Scotland's Rarest Moss Finds New Home at Stirling Reservoirs

An extremely rare moss which has only been found in one place in the UK in the last 30 years has now been moved to two new Scottish Water reservoirs in a bid to revive the critically endangered species

18 September 2025

Top Swim Providers Shortlisted for National Award

Three leisure providers have been shortlisted for a prestigious national award recognising their outstanding efforts to teach thousands of young people and adults to swim

18 September 2025

BLOG: Water Quality - How We're Working Hard to Protect the Environment

In our latest BLOG, Scottish Water’s Director of Environment Planning & Assurance Simon Parsons explains how Scottish Water is working hard to protect the environment and keep its customers informed when it comes to overflow spills

16 September 2025

Scottish Water confirms Berwickshire locations where they'll be providing compensation help

Scottish Water has confirmed where in Berwickshire it will be visiting in the coming days to help customers with compensation claims following the recent disruption to their water supplies.

16 September 2025

Young Swimmers in Aberdeen Make a Splash with Sporting Stars

Youngsters in Aberdeen had a once-in-a-lifetime chance to swim alongside Olympic and Paralympic champions during a landmark event celebrating the city’s contribution to a national learn-to-swim initiative

12 September 2025

Compensation Reminder to Berwickshire Customers 

We're calling on customers in Berwickshire who were affected by the recent disruption to their water supplies to contact us regarding compensation

 

12 September 2025

Third Phase of Strategic Rising Sewer Main Upgrade to Start

The third phase of our £11.5million investment to upgrade a vital strategic rising sewer main between Renfrew and Glasgow is about to get underway

11 September 2025

Scottish Water Responds to DWQR Annual Report

Latest report shows our compliance is high but there is more to do to reduce incidents

10 September 2025

New Solar Scheme Helping Supply Greenock’s Drinking Water

A £482,000 solar scheme is now complete and helping to provide thousands of homes in and around Greenock with clean fresh drinking water

10 September 2025

Scottish Water teams up with partners to tackle anti-social behaviour and promote water safety

With a significant increase in visitors at reservoirs over the busy summer holiday period, Scottish Water has been teaming up with various partnership organisations to help engage and educate visitors.

09 September 2025