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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.

Work has completed on the removal of a redundant weir restoring access for migratory fish to at least 1.6km of upstream river in the Borders.

The Rosyth River Restoration project has secured funding for its next three phases, offering ‘huge potential’ for local ecology and community benefits.

Parts of eastern Scotland have seen improvement in water resources over winter following the 2025 drought, but some areas could still face water scarcity later this year if spring rainfall is lower than normal.