Scottish Water is to improve services to more than 54,000 people in parts of Clydebank, Bearsden, Milngavie, and Strathblane areas.

The utility will do so by changing the source of its water supply from Burncrooks Water Treatment Works (WTW) in west Stirlingshire to Milngavie WTW in East Dunbartonshire.

A £30 million project will involve the installation of about eight miles (13km) of new water main, the transfer of supply from Burncrooks WTW to Milngavie WTW and the decommissioning of Burncrooks WTW.

Read more: Affordable homes to be built on site of former council offices

Burncrooks WTW in the Kilpatrick Hills near Strathblane, which was built in the late 1950s, has served the area well but is reaching the end of its working life and is not suitable in the long-term to meet stringent water quality standards.

Milngavie WTW, which was opened in 2007, is a state-of-the art WTW which already serves about 700,0000 across much of the Greater Glasgow area.

Paul Sexton from Scottish Water said: “This important project will benefit more than 54,000 customers for many years to come.

Read more: Home and garden store The Range set to open in area

“Switching supply from the ageing Burncrooks WTW to the state-of-the-art Milngavie WTW will enable us to continue providing high-quality water to thousands of domestic properties and businesses and a large number of public buildings including more than 30 schools in three local authority areas and hospitals such as the Golden Jubilee in Clydebank.”