News & Views - Scottish Water

Man beside swimming pool with children in the pool

National swimming framework spotlighted in the capital

Swim champions back nationwide push to transform water safety

27 September 2024

Scottish Water Chief Executive Alex Plant, Scottish Water Chair Deirdre Michie and Chief Executive Officer of ASC Bryan Snelling

Workshop Aims to Inspire Aberdeen School Children to Protect Precious Resource

Scottish Water and Aberdeen Science Centre (ASC) are teaming up to inspire hundreds of local school children across the North-east to become responsible water citizens

24 September 2024

Charlotte Chiswick, Redhall School Head Teacher shown carrying out gardening work in new space.

Scottish Water Strengthen Community Spirit with a New Garden for Redhall School

A NEW garden space has been gifted to Redhall School in Edinburgh following on from the completion of Scottish Water’s sewer flooding mitigation project in the area.

03 September 2024

Group Picture at new gardening bed installed at Tay St. Image includes Scottish Water, Beautiful Perth and Councillor Chris Ahern

Beautiful Perth and Scottish Water in partnership to brighten up city centre

A BURST of colour has appeared on Queen’s Bridge as new gardening beds, funded by Scottish Water and looked after by Beautiful Perth volunteers, spring into life.

15 August 2024

Water Safety Scotland Open Day Event Set Up

Scottish Water joins forces with Water Safety Scotland for a splash of fun and education at Loch Lomond

In support of World Drowning Prevention Day on 25th July, Scottish Water partnered with Water Safety Scotland and other key organisations to host their annual Open Day at the picturesque location of Loch Lomond Shores.

26 July 2024

Scottish Water on Board With Trail-Blazing 3D Project

Scottish Water is dialling up its carbon-saving credentials by getting on board a trailblazing project to produce 3D concrete printed infrastructure components

04 June 2024

Screw Pump Gives Wastewater the Twist of Efficiency

Scottish Water has hit a major milestone on a multimillion-pound project in central Edinburgh after installing a 16-tonne screw pump as part of the refurbishment of McDonald Road Waste Water Pumping Station.

31 May 2024

High-Tech UK-First to Solve Historic Sewer Problem

Scottish Water has turned to ultra high-pressure robotics in a UK-first to remove decades of industrial deposits blocking a strategic sewer in South Lanarkshire

03 April 2024

2 men standing presenting in front of a big screen

Scotland’s swim leaders dive in to build on next wave

A record number of experts dedicated to delivering vital swimming lessons in Scotland have united to discuss the next steps in creating “generation swim”

30 November 2023