Water Industry - Scottish Government Investment Group - Committed List performance progress report: quarter two 2023-2024

4. Overall Project Progress Water Portfolio

The Water Portfolio comprises 3 sub-portfolios: SR15 Completion, Water Quality and Water Supply. Detail on progress within each of these can be found in Appendix A.

41 IPOD points were delivered during Q2, taking the total achieved to 375 which is within the target range of 349 to 418 points.

Start On Site

16 projects started on site during Q2 bringing the total number of projects achieving the Start On Site (SOS) milestone to 110. This is in the top end of the 90 to 114 point range.

Acceptance

13 projects achieved acceptance during Q2, bringing the total number of completed projects delivering benefit to customers to 130 which is out with the target range of 132 to 153 points.

7 projects in the SR15 Completion sub-portfolio have been reforecast. 1 project is forecasting acceptance in Q3 and a further 2 are forecasting in Q4. Reasons for reforecasting are:

• 3 projects have been impacted due to construction risks realised: Water Quality Improvement - Wick East District Metered Area (DMA), Ayrshire Strategic Resilience, South Edinburgh Service Resilience.
• 2 projects have been impacted due to design issues: SR15 Staney Hill North - Q Sandy Loch WTW, SR15 ES - Uig WTW - SR15 WQ.
• 2 projects have been impacted due to third party issues: Yarrowfues WTW main-out 2019, Dalwhinnie WTW – TTU.

14 in the Water Quality sub-portfolio have been reforecast. 4 are forecasting in Q3 and a further 6 are forecasting in Q4. Reasons for reforecasting:

• 2 projects have been impacted due to additional scope required to complete: WTW000712 - HOWDEN WTW NT456275, Whitehillocks WTW – Water Quality (WQ) and Capital Maintenance (CM).
• 11 projects have been impacted due to construction risks realised:

IR18 Allowance - Ardrishaig WTW,

Dhu Loch_Argyll and Bute_THM Trihalomethane (THM) Research and Investigation,

SR15 ES - Newmore WTW - WQ and Essential Related CM Upgrade,

Galashiels Manse Street WTW,

WTW000627 - ROSEBERY WTW 1940 NT305570,

Craighead WTW - CM,

Invercannie WTW Pre-Treatment (Clear Water Tank) CWT and CM,

Afton WTW_Ayrshire_THM Research and Investigation,

WTW000626 - PATESHILL WTW NS983595,

WTW000640 - MARCHBANK WTW NT<165645,

Auchneel WTW - Lime to Caustic

• 1 project has been impacted due to third party issues: Burncrooks WTW Quality THM Compliance.

The Water Supply sub-portfolio remains on track with milestone achievement within the target range.

Financial Completion

12 projects achieved financial completion during Q2, taking the total achieved to 135 which is within the target range of 127 to 151 points.