Scottish Water completes Peterhead to Ellon water main renewal ahead of schedule

Scottish Water has successfully completed a £38.5million upgrade of the water main in Ellon ahead of schedule.

Alongside alliance partner Caledonia Water Alliance (CWA) and contractor AG Wilson, the three organisations have increased the capacity of the water network.

In turn, this will allow future growth in the area.

The main, which stretches 23km between Ellon and Peterhead was initially laid in 1973 and will now benefit from the upgrade, three months ahead of schedule.

Scottish Water’s Operations Team Leader for the area, Eric Ross said: “We’re delighted to be able to complete this project and ensure customers in the area continue to get clean, fresh and great tasting water for years to come.

“I would like to thank the customers in the area for their patience while we complete the works and of course our alliance and contractors for the excellent work they have put in.”

CWA Project Manager David Pascall said “The quick progress of the 23.6km pipelaying on this project has been excellent.

“We built up good relationships with the landowners and agents, and we were able to hand back land earlier than scheduled”.