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As Scotland’s bathing water season begins on 1st June, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) continue to monitor and provide information on bathing waters used by communities and visitors across the country.

Warm and dry weather across Scotland has affected river flows and ground conditions in some parts of the country.

Scottish salmon processor Scottish Sea Farms Limited has been fined £70,000 by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) after breaches of fluorinated greenhouse gas regulations were identified at its salmon processing facility at Gremista Industrial Estate in Lerwick, Shetland.

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) has appointed Kirsty-Louise Campbell as Deputy Chief Executive following an internal recruitment process.

SEPA is encouraging abstractors who take water from Scotland’s rivers, lochs and groundwater for activities such as irrigation and industrial processes to review equipment, contingency plans and water efficiency measures following continued dry weather across parts of Scotland.

A North Lanarkshire company has been fined £48,000 after untreated industrial effluent from its Moodiesburn factory – which makes collagen casings used in sausage production – was discharged into a local burn, significantly harming the environment.