Last week, Scottish Water was fined ÂŁ17,000 for discharges from their Dunswood Sewage Treatment plant, North Lanarkshire, into the Red Burn in Cumbernauld. The farm partnership David McCreery and Sons, was fined ÂŁ1,200 in January for discharging slurry and silage into the Gifford Water, East Lothian. The prosecutions highlight the importance of managing farm effluents and maintaining critical water treatment infrastructure.