Scotland's water scarcity has worsened to the degree that four more areas face 'critically' low levels, warns a government agency
Scotland's water scarcity has worsened to the degree that four more areas face "critically" low levels, warns a government agency.
Without a period of consistent rain, Sepa said it is possible six areas could be escalated to "significant" water scarcity soon. The environment agency has already instructed a number of farmers on the Black Isle to reduce the volume of water they abstract from the Newhall burn to try and prevent the situation becoming any worse.
Sepa previously forecast 28 out of 83 areas would be put on the highest warning level by the end of June if there was no recovery of river levels. He continued: "We will be avoiding full suspensions on water abstractions where possible and instead requiring a significant reduction in the volume of water taken from rivers and lochs."
"Guidance has already been published on which abstractors may be excluded from restrictions or have the volume of water they can take reduced rather than stopped," said a spokesperson.
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