18 Dec 2025
Image description: The dark waters of Loch Lomond in Scotland, with rolling hills in the background. Photo by M on Unsplash. Environmental officials in Scotland have issued an urgent call for businesses and landowners to prepare for potential water shortages in 2026, warning that even a wet winter may not be enough to fully […]
28 Aug 2025
Scotland is facing increasing water scarcity as prolonged dry weather continues to affect river levels, particularly in the east of the country. The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) has issued restrictions in areas where rivers have reached ‘significant scarcity’, the highest alert level. As reported by The Scotsman, SEPA has introduced curbs on […]
05 Jan 2023
At nearly four miles long, Loch Leven is the largest natural body of water in the UK, and has long attracted wild swimmers, with everyone from triathletes-in-training to the more casual paddlers heading to Kinross for a dip. Now the Scottish Greens are calling for the loch to become Scotland’s first protected wild swimming hotspot. They […]
13 Jul 2019
BBC Salmon farming giant Mowi has offered to close two “contentious” Scottish sea loch sites in exchange for permission to relocate them to offshore waters. Mowi said it had identified its sites at Loch Ewe and Loch Duich as “candidates for relocation”. It also cited their proximity to sensitive wild salmonid habitats as reasons for […]
11 Jun 2019
Set against an industry plan to double the size of the Scottish salmon farming sector has been a growing and vociferous coalition of organisations and campaigners opposed to these plans. A Scottish Parliament review was also extremely critical of both the salmon producers and the regulators for their current approach. Set against this has been […]
09 May 2019
Ordnance Survey (OS), the Environment Agency (EA) and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) have collaborated to bring together a nationally consistent view of Great Britain’s watercourses. For over two decades the EA has carefully mapped the flow of water in rivers across England and Wales to help protect communities from flooding and to improve […]
12 Nov 2018
Bob Earll ‘The impacts of fish farm chemicals both near the farms and their effects further afield have been well known for 30 years. The organic waste contamination under the farms is well understood with reports dating back to the late 1980s documenting this. The effect of TBT on the wider marine life of sea […]
21 Aug 2018
Interesting overview encompassing thinking on sustainability and one planet living. ‘Helping regulated businesses to reduce water use, carbon-based energy use, materials use ..’ ‘At SEPA, we are changing the way we regulate. That’s why we are launching our new Regulatory Strategy. We have chosen the title ‘One Planet Prosperity’ to reflect the challenge all nations face […]
