Scottish Water
| Use attributes for filter ! | |
| Headquarters | Dunfermline |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Ceo | Douglas Millican |
| Revenue | 1 billion GBP |
| Founded | April 2002 |
| Production output | 1. 34 Gl/day (drinking) |
| Type of business | Statutory corporation |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 2044060 |
About Scottish Water
Scottish Water is a statutory corporation that provides water and sewerage services across Scotland. It is accountable to the public through the Scottish Government.
UK weather: Last day of ice warnings before temperatures soar
... Scottish Water said it had seen as sub zero temperatures tuned to a rapid thaw - leading to an extra 100 million litres of water a day passing through the pipes...
Bird poo pollution posters at Scottish beaches challenged by experts
... " Edinburgh sewage Sewage treated by Scottish Water is discharged into the Firth of Forth estuary via pipes...
Cancer screening led me to invent dissolving wet wipes
... " Scottish Water, which deals with 36,000 sewer blockages each year - 90% of which feature wet wipes - says " any innovation in this area is of course welcomed, especially if it reduces the impact people s behaviours have on the planet"...
Protests over water firms dumping sewage in rivers
... Each protest targeted a separate water company: •Edinburgh - Scottish Water •Tynemouth - Northumbrian Water •Belfast - Northern Ireland Water •Scarborough - Yorkshire Water •Bath - Wessex Water •Manningtree, Essex - Anglian Water •Worthing - Southern Water •Newquay - South West Water •Abergavenny - Welsh Water •Victoria Embankment Garden, London - Thames Water •Stoke Bardolph, Nottinghamshire - Severn Trent •New Brighton Beach, Wirral - United UtilitiesNic Bury, professor of environmental toxicology at the University of Suffolk, is running a project looking at E...
Storm Arwen: Third night of no power for thousands
... " Scottish Water has distributed bottled water across some areas of Aberdeenshire...
Edinburgh's little stone buildings hiding water secrets
... Although they have no practical use now, they remain intact and are looked after by Scottish Water...
Cairngorms loch dropped to lowest level in '750 years'
... Loch Vaa at its usual water level Scottish Water countered claims it might be responsible by saying that an underground aquifer and boreholes that supplied water to the Badenoch and Strathspey area were located about three miles (6km) upstream of Loch Vaa, and too far away to affect it...
The little-known world of the water-taster
... smell and tasteScottish Water says it is already strict security checks has survived, before it is run through the taps, and again, if the samples come from the laboratory...
Edinburgh's little stone buildings hiding water secrets
The low-level stone structures can be seen in parkland and residential gardens
Dotted around a suburb of Edinburgh are stone buildings akin to miniature electricity substations - But they don't house a network of wires. They are in fact home to what used to be a key Water source for the capital.
These strange-looking stone structures have stood in the Comiston area of Edinburgh for More Than 300 years.
Built long before houses, garages, driveways and gardens, they are now integrated into the established residential landscape. But what were they for?
The Buildings covered vital spring Water that bubbled up from the ground. Before this supply was used, Edinburgh residents could go many weeks without fresh Drinking Water .
What was available wasn't Safe - the Nor' Loch, which had flowed in The Valley now occupied by Princes Street Gardens and the Waverley Station, carried typhoid and cholera.
So in 1621 the Scottish Parliament passed an Act "to bring the sweet waters of the country to the centre of Edinburgh".
That prompted The Building of the "spring heads" which protected The Natural Drinking Water from Contamination .
Each pipe inside Comiston Spring House, which was the Main Building , had a lead animal on top to mark which spring it was fromGeorge Sinclare, a schoolmaster in Leith, discovered the springs.
He had worked out that Comiston was 60ft higher than a proposed collecting tank at Castlehill, near the Edinburgh Castle Esplanade, meaning the Water could travel by gravitation.
There were 27 spring heads established on the estate and The First 10 were given The Names of animals, including the hare, the peewit, The Fox and The Swan .
Edinburgh town council Paid £18 a year to The Lady of Comiston for the lease of the springs with the condition the Peewit Spring should be left for the use of farmers for their cattle.
The estate owners of the Barony of Braid were also Paid £1,000 To Let the pipe pass through their grounds so the Water could reach old Edinburgh.
'Unique piece of history'Each spring fed Water to a collecting cistern called Comiston Spring House. This now listed building stands on Cockmylane - The Path used by the author Robert Louis Stevenson to reach his house in nearby Swanston.
Pipes from each spring poured into a tank inside Comiston Spring House which filtered the Water of debris before it was piped to Edinburgh.
The Lead pipes were used up until 1820 when The Town council replaced them with 5in Cast Iron pipes and the springs were decommissioned in 1945, But Water still runs through them.
Although they have no practical use now, they remain intact and are looked after by Scottish Water .
Scottish Water 's Bill Elliot at The Swan Spring in Oxgangs LoanBill Elliot, from the Water company, said: "The fact these spring heads are Still Standing - 340 years on - are testament to the people who designed and built them. Many people have no idea they are there and many who do have no clue of the history behind them.
"In terms of The City 's Water history their existence is fascinating. "
Streets in the area have since been named after the springs, including Swan Spring Avenue, Fox Spring Crescent, Fox Spring Rise and Comiston Springs Avenue.
John Mowat, 86, who has lived Next Door to The Fox Spring in Comiston View for 50 Years said he had no idea The Stone buildings had been part of Edinburgh's Drinking Water history.
After peeking inside one, he said: "When I moved here from Orkney I wondered what it was And Then I saw lots of them in the area.
"To be one of The First people to see inside in Modern Times is very exciting and makes me feel nice to be living Next Door to such a unique piece of history. "
'Like a Roman bath'John Begbie, 34, janitor at Pentland Primary School in Comiston, said two of the spring heads were on the Next Door site of the old Hunter's Tryst Primary School, which is now a wasteland.
He said: "I used to play in this area Growing Up and we just took them for granted as part of the landscape. We knew they were to do with Water But we didn't know all the history. We liked them and it's great to think we have such historic monuments in our area. "
Simon Johnston, 43, whose house backs on to Comiston Spring House, said he had "always wanted to look inside".
And what was his reaction after taking a look? "I didn't expect there to be this big tank like a Roman bath inside as I thought it would Just Be The Shell of The Building . It has exceeded my expectations and is Brilliant . "
Jojo said he walks past The Fox Spring in Comiston View Every Day on His Way to schoolJojo , 12, who lives in a street nearby, said he walks past The Fox Spring Every Day on His Way to school.
He said: "I've always wondered what it was and what it looked like inside. It's very old and full of cobwebs and rust But I'm surprised how well it has stayed up because you would think all the Water would make it crumble After All This Time . "
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Source of news: bbc.com
