Scottish Water’s first on-line overflow map, displaying close to real-time information from wastewater overflows throughout the nation, is now stay and obtainable for public use.
The interactive map supplies data on when an overflow is working and the place latest exercise has occurred, utilizing information gathered by displays, permitting native communities to entry data on overflows of their space.
The launch of the map adopted a December announcement from the utility that it has put in greater than 1000 new sewer displays throughout its wastewater system as a part of a £500m programme of funding “to rework Scotland’s sewer community and enhance the nation’s water atmosphere.”
Scottish Water stated the displays will assist give the general public and Scottish Water “unprecedented ranges of details about how the wastewater community is performing, serving to the utility avert flooding and air pollution and plan focused future funding.”
A brand new 15-strong devoted group is now in place nationwide to take data from the displays and work to proactively forestall flooding and air pollution incidents.
Earlier this 12 months, Environmental Requirements Scotland (ESS) additionally referred to as for higher data and transparency on overflows, whereas recognising the necessary position they do play in defending properties and companies. Scottish Water stated the brand new overflow map responds to this advice.
Customers will be capable of search utilizing a postcode, native authority space or a waterbody to seek out out about overflow exercise in any given location.
The brand new displays and map may even present data that can improve Scottish Water’s information and resolution making round which overflows ought to be prioritised for funding.
The map will present:
• The placement of Scottish Water monitored overflows;
• The standing and up to date overflow occasion exercise;
• How overflows are ranked so as of funding precedence and whether or not funding is deliberate
Professor Simon Parsons, Scottish Water’s Director of Setting, Planning and Assurance, who has led the supply of the Bettering City Waters routemap, stated: “The brand new on-line service will permit folks in Scotland to be higher knowledgeable with an easy-to-use map to completely perceive the place and when sewer system overflows are occurring.
“It’s been necessary to Scottish Water to make sure that the event of this service has taken our prospects’ view under consideration. We’ve labored with a number of exterior teams on the design and the supporting data, so I’m happy this has been a extremely collaborative course of.”
The brand new interactive map may be simply accessed by way of the Scottish Water web site: www.scottishwater.co.uk/overflows.
