{"id":212998,"date":"2025-10-20T11:20:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T11:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/212998\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T11:20:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T11:20:11","slug":"parts-of-scotland-suffering-significant-water-scarcity-warns-sepa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/212998\/","title":{"rendered":"Parts of Scotland suffering significant water scarcity, warns Sepa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Parts of Scotland continue to face significant water scarcity, the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (Sepa) has warned.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Sepa said several rivers in the north and east of the country remain at levels far lower than normal.<\/p>\n<p>The Avon, Lower Spey, and parts of the Ythan are still experiencing a significantly lower level of water than what Sepa considers average.<\/p>\n<p>Sepa continues to manage a limited number of restrictions on abstraction licences in these areas to protect the environment.<\/p>\n<p>The Deveron and remainder of the Spey and Ythan areas are experiencing moderate scarcity; and the Findhorn, Don, Firth of Tay, Tyne (Lothian), Orkney and Shetland remain at an alert status, and other rivers are in the early warning stages.<\/p>\n<p>Despite rain being forecast over the weekend, Sepa has asked the public to remain vigilant and report any signs of scarcity seen.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson said: \u201c2025 has been unusual both in scale and in the length of time dry conditions have persisted. Even now, rivers such as the Ythan continue to show stress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor most people, water scarcity will be a distant summer memory, but with school holidays underway many are exploring parts of the country they don\u2019t normally visit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObservations from the public, including clear photographs, descriptions, and locations, are incredibly valuable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCombined with SEPA\u2019s monitoring, this information helps us understand the full impact of this year\u2019s weather and better prepare Scotland\u2019s water environment for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>STV News is now on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Get all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaCESJzKgsNvKKNOYO2r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">      Follow STV News <\/a>Follow STV News on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Scan the QR code on your mobile device for all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/whatsapp-qr.png\" alt=\"WhatsApp channel QR Code\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Parts of Scotland continue to face significant water scarcity, the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (Sepa) has warned. On&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":212999,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-212998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212998\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}