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Upgrade to Coll’s water treatment works at Arinagour complete

Wednesday, 7th January, 2009 | Community News | None

Scottish Water has completed a £310,000 project upgrading the Arinagour Water Treatment Works on the Isle of Coll and increasing its capacity. The system serves Coll’s 150 residents and the many tourists who visit the island, particularly in the summer,…

Scottish Water warning to stay off iced over reservoirs and waterways

Tuesday, 30th December, 2008 | Community News | None

In the current cold weather, with deep overnight frosts skimming waterways with ice, Scottish Water are rightly warning people to stay on level, solid and obvious pathways and not to walk on frozen water.

In Argyll it is very unlikely that…

Here’s one for Islay and Cairndow - Cumbernauld to recycle left over Christmas sprouts for electricity

Wednesday, 24th December, 2008 | Community News, Renewable Energy | None

Cumbernauld is planning to recycle left-over Christmas sprouts and other food refuse and turn it into green compost and, eventually, electricity powering homes and businesses. Trials will start at the Scottish Water-run Deerdykes Organics plant in the new year.

The Cumbernauld…

Meeting later today (24th Dec) to try to avert Scottish Water holiday strike

Wednesday, 24th December, 2008 | Community News | None

Scottish Water’s management team and leaders of the GMB, Unite and Unison unions are to meet in Edinburgh later today (24th December). The drive is to try to reach an agreement in the pay dispute which, if it is not…

Scottish Water holiday period strike off - last minute deal

Wednesday, 24th December, 2008 | News | None

Scottish Water agreed a deal with the three unions threatening that their members would strike from 4.00pm on 24th December until 5th January 2009 if an acceptable settlement of a long-standing pay dispute was not reached. The strike would have…

No emergency cover as Scottish Water staff strike from Christmas Eve to 5th January

Tuesday, 23rd December, 2008 | News | None

Following a 24 hour walk-out by 800 workers in November in a still running pay dispute, a meeting between Scottish Water and the representative trade unions failed to come to agreement yesterday (22nd December).

The three unions concerned - GMB, Unison…

Helensburgh’s Station Road closed

Saturday, 20th December, 2008 | Events | None

[ January 12, 2009 to July 12, 2009. ]

January 12, 2009 to July 12, 2009

Station Road in Helensburg is closed from today for six months due to Scottish Water’s work on upgrading the town’s sewage system.

Helensburgh’s Station Road to close for six months as Scottish Water upgrade sewage system

Saturday, 20th December, 2008 | Community News, Events | None

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December 20, 2008
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Scottish Water has announced that its upgrading of Helensburgh’s sewage system will involve the closure to traffic of Station Road from 12th January 2009. Work in the area is expected to begin then or in the following…

Scottish Water submits new improved plan for waste water treatment works for Dunoon

Friday, 19th December, 2008 | Community News | None

Scottish Water has submitted a planning application for an upgrading of its earlier application for a new Waste Water Treatment Works at Bullwood Quarry in Dunoon.

The company’s Regional Manager, Chris Toop, says of the new system now submitted: ‘The re-design…

Scottish Water completes major Loch Lomond waste water improvement project four months early

Monday, 15th December, 2008 | Business, Community News, Tourism | None

A major £2 million project to improve the water quality in Argyll’s iconic Scottish loch - Loch Lomond - has been completed four months ahead of schedule  by Scottish Water.

A stretch of the western Argyll bank of Loch Lomond is now…