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From Drinking Water in Scotland 2024, published10 September 2025
Issued on behalf of the Drinking Water Quality Regulator for Scotland
Water Quality Regulator says “Scotland’s tap water quality is impressive, but more needs to be done to reduce risk”.
The Drinking Water Quality Regulator (DWQR) for Scotland’s latest annual report shows that Scottish Water’s compliance with the stringent standards for drinking water remains very high, however there are too many avoidable incidents. 23?
David Reynolds, the Drinking Water Quality Regulator said: “Our drinking water in Scotland is amongst the finest in the world, however we need to invest to ensure this remains true. Scottish Water is managing a number of risks, and I would like to see these greatly reduced by ensuring assets fail-safe when things go wrong.”
“Consumers expect their tap water to look and taste good. I am disappointed in the number of incidents where consumers received discoloured water and Scottish Water needs to do more to prevent these situations.”
23 out of 62,352 tests on samples of water leaving water treatment works failed to meet standards, a slight decline in performance on 2023. 99.96%
From Drinking Water Quality in Scotland during 2024, states that a total of 156,814 regulatory tests were carried out on samples taken from consumers’ taps, and 99.92% of these met the required standards.
The WQR is clearly not easy to please. Scottish water is only responsible up the point the water leaves the works.
How good relatively?
Does it cost more though?
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