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Water scarcity intensifies across eastern Scotland as several areas approach critical thresholds

The east of Scotland continues to face water scarcity challenges, with the latest report from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) showing only limited improvement despite recent rainfall.

For over three months, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) have been closely monitoring and supporting Scotland through a prolonged period of water scarcity.

Despite a wet and windy start to August, Scotland's water scarcity picture remains largely unchanged, with concerns persisting in the east.

Parts of eastern Scotland remain under sustained water scarcity pressure, and a small number of catchments are approaching trigger levels where regulatory restrictions on abstractions may be required early next week.

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) are issuing abstraction restrictions to the Deveron catchment after it became the most recent area in Scotland to move to Significant Scarcity.