Scottish Water

UK Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has pledged to build a £10 billion air defence system named 'Britannia Shield', which was initially described by party officials as 'in essence, a British Iron Dome' (Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: How would a Badenoch government pay for a UK 'iron dome'?

Wind turbines - popular with energy companies, but not always local residents (Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP)

Readers' Letters: How about an unwanted visitor levy in the Highlands?

Performers from Tom Waits War Songs before the flood. Russell MacSorley at RM Photography

The show must go on for Fringe performers hit by mould and floods

Bumper Scottish Water bonuses were a failure to read the room Christine Jardine

Disposable barbecues have been banned following a series of devastating wildfires.

Disposable BBQ ban after devastating Cairngorms wildfire

The antisocial behaviour of visitors to Lintrathen Loch and Backwater Reservoir has given cause for concern.

Campfires abandoned while alight and human waste found at reservoirs

Scottish Water bosses receive ‘eye-watering’ £250,000 in bonuses

SSE

Scotsman Insider launches Renewables 50 ranking

A bowler delivers a ball from the sea end in the photograph of cricket on the beach at Elie that so impressed a reader (Picture: Cath Ruane)

Readers’ letters: Bowled over by picture of cricket on beach

Supported by £35.5 million of Scottish Government funding, 15,448 hectares of restoration is a record annual figure for the Peatland Action Group

Scotland's peatland restoration project sees record results

Part of a modular water treatment plant being transported on Tiree in 2024

The Scots firm making a splash with water treatment innovation

Argyle Street

Work starts next month on biggest change to Argyle Street since1970s

Loch Katrine supplies drinking water for over a million people in and around Glasgow.

Peatlands above Loch Katrine restored to protect water for millions

Cabaret Voltaire owners sue Scottish Water over alleged damage

Glasgow street closed for up to four weeks after sewer collapse

The busy Livingston road has been closed while emergency services deal with the incident

Residents warned to stay out of burn after chemical spill

King Charles and Donald Trump say their farewells during the US President's State visit to the UK last September (Picture: Chris Jackson/Getty Images)

Readers Letters: King trying to appease Trump would be waste of time

40,000 bottles of water delivered to Scots village hit by diesel spill

Residents told not to drink tap water after fuel spills into river

The SS Shieldhall, pictured alongside the paddle steamer Waverley, once carried treated sewage sludge to be dumped in the Firth of Clyde (Picture: Andrew Matthews)

How we work to ensure any increases in water prices are justified David Satti

Vehicles turning at Gorgie Road after reaching the closure, on Monday, January 26.

All you need to know as six-month roadworks begin on major road

Unlike on Mars, in Scotland water falls free from the sky (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

Will water be cheaper on Mars than in Scotland? Scotsman comment

Scottish water bills to increase by up to £103 a year

Gorgie Road in Edinburgh, between Balgreen Road and Robb’s Loan will close to traffic on January 25, with works expected to be completed by July

Businesses' react to 'damaging' road closure of busy Edinburgh street

Cruachan Power Station

Exclusive Public called to change relationship with water as charges set to rise

Scotland has long been seen as a land of mist, rain and rushing rivers, but climate change is increasingly bringing a combination of droughts and floods (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

How climate change is shattering myth of Scotland's 'endless water' Deirdre Michie

Some of the erosion on Calton Hill.

'Erosion emergency' declared at Calton Hill after grass cut too short

Specialist teams are in the area.

Repairs as flooding closes Scottish city centre road for three weeks

Warning signs have been put on the beaches in Burntisland and Kinghorn (Pic: Facebook)

Exclusive Scottish Water chief blasted for downplaying sewage on beaches

Emma Robson from Scottish Water with a pupil from St Pius primary school in Dundee

Dynamic Earth to join science centres across Scotland to deliver water cycle wor...

People jump from a pier into the water of Loch Lomond, in the village of Luss in Argyll and Bute, earlier this summer. Picture: PA

Temperatures to soar to 25C across Scotland to start final week of summer

The total cost of Scottish Water’s senior executive salaries rose from just more than £1.1 million to almost £1.4 million between 2024 and 2025, the report shows. (Picture: Michael Gillen, National World)

Labour hit out at salary increases for Scottish Water bosses

Water quality may be good in most parts of Scotland, but sewage still poses 'a potential risk to human health and to the environment' (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

Why SNP can't brush off complaints about 'sewage dumping' Scotsman comment

Scottish Water had lodged plans to install solar panels in Bo'ness sewage works (Picture: Michael Gillen, National World)

Exclusive SNP overseeing water 'scandal' amid 'no consequences' for waste spills

Laura McLeod, 37, from Aberdeen at adult swimming lessons

Overcoming water fears transforms health journey

Whisky production at a number of distilleries in the Speyside area have shut down earlier than usual this summer given water scarcity in the River Spey. PIC: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Exclusive Whisky distilleries shut down production as water levels drop on Spey

The bridge is a key part of the North Coast 500 route.

Major A9 bridge on North Coast 500 route hit by 20 weeks of works

A technician shovels the fat as he works in a Victorian sewer. Picture: Adrian Dennis/AFP via Getty Images

Exclusive SNP 'washing hands' of fatbergs sewage crisis costing £20k a day

First Minister John Swinney and Deputy Kate Forbes (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers Letters: Scotland needs a strong and forceful leader - not Swinney

Don't let money flow down the drain, take more control of your water bill (Picture: Adobe)

Why is my water bill so expensive?

Fife Sports and Leisure Trust is proud to support Drowning Prevention Week (14th-21st June 2025)

Win a year of free swimming lessons during Drowning Prevention Week with Fife Sp...

'Absolutely honking': More than 2,000 complaints of sewage dumping
The Scottish Lib Dems say the SNP is to blame for the issues plaguing Scotland’s waters.

Glencorse reservoir in the Pentland Hills near Edinburgh this week

Scots urged to be careful with water amid scarcity warning

Scotland has had its driest start to the year since 1964

How Scots are urged to save water amid driest start to year in decades

A group of surfers, paddleboarders, and wild swimmers protesting about water quality at Scarborough. This weekend thousands will take to coasts and rivers across the UK to protest about the state of the nation's waterways. PIC: James Hardisty

Thousands of surfers to join paddle-out to protest over sewage spills

63% of Scots prefer holidays near water, yet a significant proportion remain unable to swim

Adults urged to learn to swim to stay safe this summer

Public bodies and water companies would be subject to proposed new ecocide laws for Scotland

Public bodies and water companies would face ecocide laws for Scotland

The road in East Lothian is expected to be shut for days

Coastal road to remain shut for days after burst water main

Sections of Cowcaddens Road and Hope Street have been closed

Sinkhole discovered under busy city centre road as lanes shut

Water bills to soar by 9.9% from April

(Picture: Michael Gillen, National World)

Union to ballot Scottish Water staff on industrial action

You can seek compensation from an energy network if there’s a power cut (Picture: Adobe)

Firms have to pay up when they fail

A motorway slip road has been closed due to the burst sewage main

Raw sewage spill closes slip road near busy Scottish shopping centre

An interactive map showing information about publicly-owned land, as well as land managed by Scottish Crown Estate, has been created.

New map sheds fresh information on Scotland's publicly owned land

Water fluoride branded the solution to Scotland's 'worst in Europe' dental decay

Community groups are worried about pollution levels at Portobello beach

The Edinburgh locals fighting to save Portobello from pollution

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