By DAVID ROSS HIGHLAND CORRESPONDENT A WILDLIFE expert yesterday applauded Scottish Water for spending GBP3.8m to lay a sewage pipe on the seabed near Inverness to protect dolphins, seals and porpoises.

By DAMIEN HENDERSON THEY are surrounded by miles and miles of water but their few residents have had trouble of late getting their hands on a drinkable drop. But now a supply of drinking water has been installed at a group of the most remote islands off Britain's coast after a drought last summer.

By WILLIAM TINNING and STEWART PATERSON SCOTLAND'S water authority has been fined for failing to comply with a water use licence condition on one of the country's most popular salmon beats after being reported to the procuratorfiscal by the nation's environmental watchdog.

By GRAEME MURRAY VANDALS who set off fire hydrants across Glasgow have been warned they are putting lives at risk. More than 50 hydrants in the city had to be turned off by Scottish Water since Tuesday afternoon after this week's warm, sunny weather .

A CITY company has struck a GBP1million deal to store bulk water purity chemicals for Scottish Water. As part of the agreement, Albion Chemicals Group of Glasgow will also provide an on-demand delivery service.