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Drought Risk Assessment Tool
The gauging station on Orkney is offline and the data has not been updated since 15/01/2026. SEPA is looking into it and will update the situation as soon as possible.
Available below are some data feeds SEPA has provided to support SEPA's advice for water users with regard to water scarcity. These show the number of days that river flows have been very low. Evidence has shown that the risk to river ecology is much higher as a result of prolonged low flows, and the longer this goes on the worse the impact will be.
Data feeds are updated daily at 0930 GMT / 1030 BST
Water scarcity levels are set weekly between May and September and published each Friday.
You can find information about water scarcity and frequently asked questions about the Drought Risk Assessment Tool on the SEPA website.
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The above data can be download in the following formats: CSV | XML | JSON
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Contains SEPA data © Scottish Environment Protection Agency and database right 2020. All rights reserved.
This SEPA Data is licensed under the Open Government Licence 3.0 Whilst all reasonable effort has been made to ensure that these data are accurate for their intended purpose, no warranty is given by SEPA in this regard.