Scottish Water has completed a water mains renewal project in the village of Ardmore, South Uist.

The work will ensure local people have access to clear, fresh drinking water.

The work has included the replacement of 3.9km of water mains pipes in Ardmore, and these have been replaced at a cost of £173,900 and saw the outdated and fragile pipes exchanged with modern and robust polyethylene pipes.

Work on the scheme started in February and was carried out by MacInnes Brothers Ltd.


Craig Aburn, Project Manager, said: "The area served by this water main how has a modern, secure pipe that is less prone to bursts. This will dramatically reduce the likelihood of interruptions to supply and provide the people of Ardmore with a better standard of service.

"The new mains in Ardmore will help to reduce water leakage in the area which is one of Scottish Water's key priorities. We are tackling water leakage in order to meet tough targets set by the government and to improve the value for money that the water network delivers for our customers.

"We are doing this through a dedicated team of leakage experts using state of the art monitoring techniques to pinpoint leakage blackspots, and by replacing outdated water mains."

(JP/CD)