The Latest Breaking News from Scottish Water

Appeal comes as part of major new campaign to help protect the environment.

The company says it responds to 36,000 blockages each year with the vast majority featuring wet wipes, and is calling for a ban on the sale of the wipes which contain plastic.

Scottish Water is advising road users in south west Glasgow of the road closure during work on improvements to our service to their customers. A diversion route will be in place.

Glenburn Reservoir has become a dumping ground for old cars with nine currently submerged. Scottish Water are now set to remove them after 'lengthy and meticulous planning’.

Scottish Water is now on site at the reservoir at Gleniffer Braes to start the "delicate operation" of removing vehicles that have been dumped in the water over the years.

The Sunday Mail's campaign starts today.

The elderly couple had discovered the problem during the morning of Tuesday 8 and tried to contact Scottish Water about the brown substance that appeared to be flowing from their tap.

Scottish Water's charges will increase by 4.2 per cent from April

The company, that supply 2.6 million households in Scotland with water and sewerage services, have announced an average increase of 31p per week for the 2022/2023 tax year

The company says prices will also need to increase further in future years.

A third suspected pollution incident has this week been identified in west Stirlingshire in less than a month. The latest incident is believed to be linked to the Scottish Water treatment works at Drymen, with claims that potentially harmful efflue