Help & Resources
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Guide to Living or Working in a Drinking Water Protected Area
We have produced this guide to help explain what this means and what you can do to help protect our water |
770 KB | Download | ||
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Guidance on Forestry activities near Scottish Water assets
Guide to the precaution measures for forestry activities undertaken in source water catchments and areas that contain our infrastructure. Published February 2026 |
DOCX | 36 KB | Download | |
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Commission Regulation EU72/2014
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List of Precautions for Assets
Precautions to protect Scottish Water Assets during development activities |
84 KB | Download | ||
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List of Precautions for Drinking Water and Assets - General
Precautions to protect drinking water and Scottish Water assets during development activities |
138 KB | Download | ||
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List of Precautions for Drinking Water and Assets - Hydro
Precautions to protect drinking water and Scottish Water assets during hydro development construction and operational activities |
124 KB | Download | ||
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List of Precautions for Drinking Water and Assets – Housing and mixed use
Precautions to protect drinking water and Scottish Water assets during development activities |
199 KB | Download | ||
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List of Precautions for Drinking Water and Assets – Peat Restoration
Precautions to protect drinking water and Scottish Water assets during peat restoration activities |
123 KB | Download | ||
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List of Precautions for Drinking Water and Assets – Protecting Peatland
Precautions to protect drinking water and Scottish Water assets during peatland activities |
122 KB | Download | ||
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List of Precautions for Drinking Water and Assets - Mining and Quarries
Precautions to protect drinking water and Scottish Water assets during mining and quarrying activities |
122 KB | Download | ||
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List of Precautions for Drinking Water and Assets – Wind Farms
Precautions to protect drinking water and Scottish Water assets during wind farm activities |
128 KB | Download | ||
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List of Precautions for Drinking Water and Assets – Forestry
Precautions to protect drinking water and Scottish Water assets during forestry activities |
118 KB | Download | ||
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Drinking Water Protection Scheme Booklet
This document describes the items currently available under the Drinking Water Protection Scheme (DWPS), along with the technical specifications for these items |
398 KB | Download | ||
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Orkney Catchment
Map of Orkney Catchment |
9 MB | Download | ||
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Ugie Map
Map of Ugie catchment area |
4 MB | Download |
