A £750,000 upgrade to the water mains network in Drymen has been successfully completed ahead of schedule.

The project involved upgrading 3.8 miles of pipework along the local water mains network to provide customers with additional resilience and security of supply.

Caledonia Water Alliance (CWA) was expected to take eight months to complete the work, but delivered the project in four months.

The work was completed on behalf of Scottish Water. 


Gina Temple, Customer Manager with CWA, praised the team for the early delivery: "The fact that this work has been completed so far in advance is testament to how well the teams from CWA and Scottish Water have worked together throughout. Engineers were also able to use less intrusive techniques of mains replacement which was much quicker than the traditional open cut method."


Ruaridh MacGregor, Scottish Water's corporate affairs regional manager, added: "Early delivery of this upgrade work is great news for the local community who have been extremely understanding and accommodating throughout. 


"Our investment here means that customers can be confident in their water supply and also brings a reduced risk of bursts in the area. It's great to see the work completed."


Fraser Robb, Chair of Drymen Community Council, also spoke highly of the work.

He said: "We have spoken to several members of the community about the quality of work and we would like to congratulate everyone who worked on the project. The team was very professional and responded well to community members while they carried out the work so efficiently and within their timescale.



"We would also like to thank them for going above and beyond and using their excess tar to help improve the village square by filling in holes that were unrelated to the project work."

(CM/LM)