Scottish Water, Scottish Government, SEPA and local authorities have teamed up to improve water management in Edinburgh.

The new partnership will work together to find effective ways to tackle rainwater management, flooding, flood risk and growth that will impact the areas infrastructure.

Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform, Roseanna Cunningham, said: "I am delighted to see another of our Programme for Government commitments being implemented so quickly.

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"Recently, I switched on Scottish Water's first public water refill point in our planned network and Scottish Water have again acted quickly to bring together local authorities in the Edinburgh and Lothian’s area, along with SEPA, to review future drainage and waste water treatment needs in order to guide future investment planning.

"This new drainage partnership will follow the successful collaborative approach we’ve seen in Glasgow, bring new drainage solutions for a growing population and help us move towards our Blue Green Cities vision."

One of the specific areas the partnership will be looking at ways to transform how the decision makers in the area think about drainage and waste water systems and how rainfall could be managed to provide growth capacity, manage flood risk, improve water quality and mitigate climate change impacts.