The 2023 Annual Reports for Private Water Supplies has been published by Scotland’s Drinking Water Quality Regulator. In 2023, the data provided to the DWQR by local authorities showed that there are 23,034 private supplies in Scotland, with an increase of 205 from 22,829 supplies reported during 2022. This data shows that around 3.5% of the Scottish population rely […]

Compliance with the requirement to sample all Regulated supplies annually has decreased across Scotland from 66% in 2022 to 65% in 2023. A notable drop in performance was observed in the Argyll and Bute Council area, where compliance dropped from 96% to 59% (although their Regulated supplies have increased from 522 to 764). Compliance from Perth and Kinross Council also fell from 72% in 2022 to 55%. Highland and Dumfries and Galloway Councils have both slightly increased their compliance, and Scottish Borders and Aberdeenshire Councils have been consistent with good compliance.