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Scottish Water Marks Major Milestone with 100th Solar Scheme

Scottish Water has reached a significant milestone in its drive to cut carbon, reduce operating costs and increase its energy resilience, with the installation of its 100th solar scheme

• Climate
• Renewables
• Investment
• Sustainability

Scottish Water Boosts Renewable Energy Generation at Blairlinnans Site

Hundreds of additional solar panels are now helping power the site and cut carbon emissions

• Renewables
• Investment
• Sustainability

Fish Rescue Helps Protect Local Wildlife During Monklands Sewer Upgrade

A fish rescue operation has helped protect local wildlife in Airdrie as work on a £8.6 million sewer upgrade project gets underway

• Environment
• Investment

Scottish Water expands publication of 2025 overflow event data

 Annual overflow event data from 1,009 additional monitored locations is now available, giving communities greater visibility of wastewater network performance across Scotland.

• Investment
• Environment
• Communities
• Climate

Scottish Water Improves Visitor Access at North Third Reservoir

Visitors to North Third Reservoir near Stirling can now benefit from improved access following the completion of a series of upgrade works at the popular beauty spot.

• Reservoirs
• Investment
• Maintenance

Scottish Water Delivers Second Best Year Despite Extreme Weather

• Business
• Climate
• Customer Service
• Environment
• Investment
• Sustainability
• Strategy

£3M Investment to Benefit Customers in Edinburgh City Centre

Scottish Water is investing £3million to upgrade and strengthen ageing sewer infrastructure beneath Waterloo Place in Edinburgh city centre

• Investment

Public Consultation Continues on Major Bioresource Upgrade Project for Glasgow

Scottish Water is holding a second public consultation event on proposals for a multi-million pound replacement of its bioresource treatment plant in Daldowie

• Communities
• Innovation
• Investment
• Sustainability

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

The job has been completed three months ahead of schedule.

• Investment

Views Sought on Major Bioresources Upgrade Project for Glasgow

Scottish Water is seeking feedback on proposals for a multi-million pound replacement of its bioresources treatment plant in Daldowie

• Communities
• Investment
• Sustainability
• Innovation

Improvement works to enhance access and safety at North Third Reservoir

Visitors to North Third Reservoir, near Stirling, will benefit from a series of improvements designed to enhance access and safety around the popular walking route.

• Investment
• Reservoirs

Scottish Water completes major restoration of Palnackie harbour wall

Scottish Water has completed its major project to repair and strengthen the harbour wall at Palnackie, helping protect the local environment and vital infrastructure serving the community

• Environment
• Investment
• Customer Service

Scottish Water confirms companies which will help deliver multi-billion pound transformation of water and waste water infrastructure

Scottish Water has confirmed the partner companies which will work with it to transform the country’s water and waste water infrastructure in the publicly-owned utility’s biggest programme of investment ever

• Business
• Customer Service
• Investment
• Partnerships

Next Phase of Seafield Investment On Track For Summer Start

Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Energy Gillian Martin MSP has visited Seafield Waste Water Treatment Works to hear of plans for a significant investment to further improve the site’s odour performance

• Blogs
• Communities
• Investment

Scotland’s Infrastructure Decade │ Alex Plant Blog

Discover how Scotland’s £46bn infrastructure decade will boost communities, strengthen climate resilience, create jobs, and deliver long‑term environmental benefits.

• Business
• Communities
• Climate
• Investment