News

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

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

Scottish Water volunteers take retirement home residents to new heights

Volunteers from Scottish Water visited Invergowrie Retirement Home to engage with residents on local services, and entertain them with tales of international expeditions.

18 August 2023

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

Customer Views Driving our Future Priorities

Scottish Water customers are being given the chance to have their say in how a record amount of investment in Scotland’s water and waste water networks should be spent

17 August 2023

Saltcoats Sewer Relined and Ready for Work

A key stretch of sewer network in Ayrshire has been successfully relined as part of a multi-million-pound Scottish Water project to protect the local environment.

17 August 2023

Boost for emissions reduction as UK tech first deployed by Scottish Water

A ground-breaking new technique for measuring emissions from waste water treatment plants (WWTW) is being deployed in Scotland for the first time

16 August 2023

E-Van Hits the Road in Net Zero Challenge

Scottish Water team hits the road for epic road rally to celebrate electric vehicles

11 August 2023

Going Green in West Dunbartonshire

A water treatment facility in Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire has recently joined a long list of Scottish Water sites powered by green energy in a bid to tackle climate change

11 August 2023

Team Leader Gives Crime Drama the Scottish Water Treatment

A Scottish Water employee bagged himself a starring role in TV tec drama Annika during an episode filmed at Glasgow’s Sheildhall Waste Water Treatment Works.

09 August 2023

Giant Storm Tank Completed Protecting Lanark From Flooding

We have completed a £2.5million project to help drain the rain and protect the centre of Lanark from internal and external sewer flooding during extreme weather events

02 August 2023

Improving Pathways at Milngavie Reservoirs

The next phase of our multi-million-pounds investment project at Milngavie Reservoirs in East Dunbartonshire gets under way on Monday 14 August, 2023 and will focus on upgrading the paths around the historic beauty spot

 

31 July 2023

Data Drives Waste Water Site Improvements

An enhanced focus on data is giving Scotland’s most experienced waste water site operators a new insight into running critical infrastructure.

25 July 2023

First Phase of Million Pound Flooding Project Complete

We have completed the first phase of a project that will alleviate the majority of sewer flooding issues on a street in Stewarton, East Ayrshire.

21 July 2023