Over 20,000 households in the Borders are set to be boosted with a new £30 million water upgrade.

Scottish Water has launched the new project, which will see improved treatment processes and a more resilient supply delivered across several towns and villages including Selkirk, Galashiels, Melrose, Lauder, Fountainhall and Newton St Boswells.

It will involve constructing a new 7-mile pipeline between Selkirk and Galashiels, building a new water storage tank to the south of Selkirk, installing new treatment processes at the Howden Water Treatment Works near Selkirk and turning off the Manse Street Water Treatment Works in Galashiels which is coming to the end of its serviceable life and converting it into a service reservoir.

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The works will take place in phases over the next two years with the vast majority on private land away from local roads.  

Mark Dickson, Scottish Water's Director of Capital Investment said: "This work to improve the water supply for the Selkirk and Galalshiels area of the Scottish Borders will ensure we can continue to supply high quality water in the area long into the future. This project will enable us to provide a better, more resilient service than ever before."

Scottish Water's alliance partners, ESD and CWA will deliver the works.

(CM/JG)