Scottish Water

Critical electrical work in the turbine room at Glen Finglas dam near Stirling in Scotland has ensured the continued safe operation and maintenance of Scottish Water’s hydroelectric dam.

Scotland’s newest green waste water treatment works has won a prestigious sustainability award from The Royal Academy of Engineering. Owned and operated by Scottish Water, the £35 million waste water treatment works, which was officially opened in October 2024, has been designed to serve

More than 20 organisations are formally joining forces to protect Scotland’s critical infrastructure from weather and climate-related impacts.

Work to provide an improved habitat for wading and farmland birds, as well as protecting and enhancing biodiversity, has been carried out on land around a popular Aberdeen reservoir. 

An expert touch was essential as JR Scaffold tackled a uniquely challenging project at Touch Water Treatment near Cambusbarron, Stirlingshire. The team installed intricate scaffolding around two pipe bridges to support a 10-week programme of repairs and refurbishment to the structure’s paintw

A £636,000 solar project which will help pump water to thousands of customers in South Ayrshire is now complete.

More than 1,500 workers at Scottish Water will go on strike for two days later this month in a dispute over pay. Staff represented by Unison and Unite will walk out on 22 and 23 April, following a one-day strike on 28 March.

Work on a £300,000 renewable energy project in Helensburgh which will help make the treatment of the town’s waste water less carbon intensive is now complete. 

Scotland’s largest waste water pumping station is now partly powered by renewable energy after work was completed on a £478,000 solar power scheme.

Work on a £420,000 solar project at a waste water treatment works serving thousands of customers in and around East Kilbride is now complete.

Scottish Water has completed a £675,000 solar scheme at its waste water treatment works in Bathgate, as part of its drive to reach net zero emissions by 2040. 

Scottish Water has 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. One of the very first Timber Modular Build (TMB) kiosks to be developed and produced by RSE has been delivered to one of S

Scottish Water’s first online overflow map, showing near real-time data from waste water overflows across the country, has been launched and is now live and available for public use.

Scottish Water has completed one of the first sewer network upgrade projects under its flagship £500 million Improving Urban Waters programme.

Scottish Water has completed work 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.