News

School Eco-Champions can Win Safety Lesson with Olympic Legend in new Water Challenge

Scotland's most decorated Olympic athlete Duncan Scott OBE will give one lucky school class a water safety lesson as winners of our inaugural environmental challenge.

16 January 2025

Road Closures Required for £2million Sewer Scheme

We are more than half-way to completing a £2million project to upgrade the local sewer network in Glenmavis, North Lanarkshire

14 January 2025

Sewer Relief After First Phase of Major Upgrade Project Completed

The first phase of a more-than £10million investment to upgrade a strategic rising sewer main between Renfrew and Glasgow has been completed

23 December 2024

Sewer Relief After First Phase of Major Upgrade Project Completed

The first phase of a more-than £10million investment to upgrade a strategic rising sewer main between Renfrew and Glasgow has been completed

23 December 2024

Loony Dook No Washout as Sewer Upgrade Completed Early

We have completed a challenging repair and upgrade of a stretch of pressurised sewer in plenty of time for the annual New Year’s Day freezing Firth of Forth ‘Loony Dook’

20 December 2024

Volunteers Dig In to Create Native Woodland at Roscobie Reservoir

Volunteers from across Fife have come together at Roscobie Reservoir to help create over a hectare of new native woodland on the Scottish Water site

18 December 2024

Innovative Timber Kiosks Helping Scottish Water Cut Carbon on Site

We've teamed up with RSE to trial an award-winning low carbon approach to housing equipment on site, by replacing traditional kiosks with modular wooden structures

17 December 2024

Near Real-time Overflow Map Goes Live

We've launched our new overflow map which shows the status of our monitored overflows and the duration of any overflow events

16 December 2024

Positive Start to £500m Programme of Urban Water Investment

We have completed one of the first sewer network upgrade projects under our flagship £500million Improving Urban Waters programme

13 December 2024

Work Complete on £706,000 Solar Scheme Near Falkirk

Work is complete on a £706,000 green energy scheme at a site near Falkirk, which is set to save around 135 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent a year

12 December 2024

Scottish Water Installs 1000 New Sewer Monitors

Communities will be able to access overflow data via new interactive map

10 December 2024

Scottish Water and FLS Partnership Continues to Thrive with New Signage Installed at Carron Valley

The Loch Shore Trail at Carron Valley has seen the introduction of colourful new signage thanks to Community Rangers and Stewardship Teams who patrol the area as part of a partnership between Scottish Water and Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS).

04 December 2024

Traffic Management Changes Announced as Perth's 'Super Sewer' Enters Final Phase

Scottish Water’s ‘Super Sewer’ upgrade in Perth enters its final phase with almost 400 metres of sewer pipe laid along Tay Street and Shore Road.

04 December 2024

Woodland Creation Programme on Track to Hit Half a Million Trees Milestone

Scottish Water is on track to hit a major milestone of 500,000 trees planted through its woodland creation programme by the end of this planting season

29 November 2024

Groundbreaking Approach Launched to Deliver Multi-billion Pound Transformation of Water and Waste Water Infrastructure and Jobs

Firms are being invited to bid to join new enterprise model worth up to £9bn and supporting around 4,000 jobs

26 November 2024