A map which shows where Scottish Water is monitoring waste water overflows and recent overflow activity is now online.
Members of the public can now access near real time data to show how the waste water network is performing in their neighbourhood. The new monitors will also help the utility company avoid flooding and plan any future investment.
The utility company now has a 15 strong national team using the information to prevent both flooding and pollution incidents. This is a response to a call from Environmental Standards Scotland for greater transparency on overflows in the system to protect homes and businesses.
Last week Scottish Water announced it has installed 1,000 new sewer monitors in the waste water system which is part of a £500 million programme of investment.
Professor Simon Parsons, Scottish Water’s Director of Environment, Planning and Assurance, who has led the delivery of the Improving Urban Waters routemap, said: “The new online service will allow people in Scotland to be better informed with an easy-to-use map to fully understand where and when sewer system overflows are occurring.
“It’s been important to Scottish Water to ensure that the development of this service has taken our customers’ view into account. We’ve worked with several external groups on the design and the supporting information, so I’m pleased this has been a really collaborative process.”
The new interactive map can be accessed on the Scottish Water website.
Users can search using a postcode or local authority area.
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