A nursery in Midlothian is benefiting from new play equipment thanks to a donation from Scottish Water.

The utility provider has donated two sections of pipes from its £130m Glencorse Water Treatment Works to Milton Bridge Nursery. The pipes, which were produced on site at Glencorse during construction of the works and rolled directly into the ground.

Bill Elliot, Scottish Water's Community Team Manager for Edinburgh and the Lothians, explained: "After completing work on the new treatment works, which since 2012 has been providing high quality drinking water to 450,000 customers across Edinburgh and parts of Midlothian, we were keen to find a way of giving something a little bit different back to the community.

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"We need to get the water from our reservoirs in the Borders into the treatment works, and these are the kind of new pipes that were made and installed so the water could complete the final stage of its journey into the works, using the natural force of gravity.

"We have cut two small sections of surplus pipes, each about 2m each in length and over 1m in height, which we realised would make ideal tunnels for children to play safely in under the supervision of the nursery staff."

The pipes were recently installed in the garden and playground at the nursery, and are held in place by a wooden structure. The nursery has said it plans to grow vegetables in the soil around the structure, and decorate the pipes with artwork.

(JP/IT)