Scottish Water, established in 2002 and headquartered in Dunfermline, Scotland, is a publicly owned company responsible for providing water and wastewater services to households and businesses across Scotland. The organization manages an extensive network of water treatment works, sewage treatment plants, reservoirs, and pipelines, ensuring the delivery of clean, safe drinking water and the effective treatment of wastewater. Scottish Water is committed to sustainability, environmental stewardship, and customer service, investing in infrastructure and innovative technologies to enhance service delivery and protect natural resources. Serving over 2.5 million households and more than 150,000 business customers, Scottish Water plays a crucial role in maintaining public health and supporting economic development throughout Scotland.
The installation of smart technology including monitors and sensors - across Scotland’s underground sewer system is already helping to prevent waste water discharges in the marine environment.
A £516,000 project to install over 886 solar panels has been completed at a waste water treatment works in East Ayrshire, supporting Scottish Water’s pledge to reach net zero emissions by 2040.
A key milestone has been reached in Scottish Water’s multi-million-pound project to upgrade an important rising sewer main serving customers in Renfrew and Glasgow.
Scottish Water has hit a major milestone on a project of installing a 16-tonne screw pump as part of the refurbishment of McDonald Road Waste Water Pumping Station.
Scottish Water is offering Ross-shire residents a further opportunity to discuss a proposal for a new pipe to supply water to a hydrogen production plant next to Beinn Tharsuinn Windfarm, west of Edderton, at a drop-in consultation event on Tuesday, 23 April from 3pm to 7.30pm at Ardross Hall.
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.
Scottish Water is launching a multi-million investment program across the Highlands and Islands, with three new projects underway in Newtonmore, Benbecula, and Shetland.
Scottish Water has become the first water company in the UK, and one of the first in Europe, to be awarded accreditation for a new method of detecting viruses in water.