Visitors to the remote St Kilda archipelago have been asked to bring their own drinking water.
Last week, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency warned that Scotland was facing a growing threat of water shortages.Scientists and conservation volunteers are among those who live on Hirta on a temporary basis. St Kilda last islanders were evacuatedNational Trust for Scotland manages the archipelago, a Unesco World Heritage site, in partnership with a number of organisations.
"There is a private water supply on St Kilda and this has dropped significantly over the past couple of weeks, and basic water-saving measures have been introduced.
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