Water shortages to become more frequent, says Sepa

The environment watchdog says drier summers in Scotland could seriously impact water supplies.

Scotland's east coast is facing the worst consequences, with regular below average rainfall across several regions.Temperature passes 30C in parts of Scotland

The Dee, Ythan, the Firth of Tay, Firth of Forth, Almond and Tyne catchments remain at moderate scarcity.Image source,Sepa water resources specialist Michael Wann said: "Scotland is a wet country but it doesn't always fall in the right place at the right time."We've had a number of dry years recently and with climate change, we do expect that to be more frequent and more severe in the coming years.

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