Muckle Hen Productions - Scottish Water - Loch Katrine

Muckle Hen Productions for Scottish Water
Producer: Shona Donaldson Director: Neil McClennan
Presented by maverick Glaswegian artist and sculptor George Wylie, and shot over four days, this short documentary examines the history of Glasgow's water.

In the mid 19th century Glasgow was desperate for water, so the ever ingenious Victorians built an aqueduct from Loch Katrine, 35 miles north of the city. This aqueduct, which was over 26 miles long, carried 50 million gallons of water every day to two holding reservoirs at Milngavie. An extraordinary feat of engineering, the aqueduct used gravity to transport the water, and dropped 10 inches in every mile, going straight through nearly 13 miles of hills in the process. That infrastructure is still used today, but now it needs updating, and Scottish Water are building a £150 million treatment works to make Glasgow's water crystal clear. The film follows the build, and its impact on the environment, the local community and the water of Glasgow.