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Yahoo
3 days ago
- Climate
- Yahoo
Tanks of water shipped to Scottish island up to five times a week amid low reserves
TANKS of treated water are being shipped to a Scottish island up to five times a week to combat low reserve levels. Scottish Water is having to ship tanks of water to Skerries, Shetland, after a prolonged period of minimal rainfall has left a reservoir and storage tank levels low. According to Shetland News, Scottish Water is having to send boats with treated water from Whalsay to the area up to five times a week to maintain a supply for residents on the island. The firm said it would continue to ship water to the island for the 'foreseeable future,' adding that it would help meet the demands of the people in Skerries while allowing the reservoir and storage levels to recover. READ MORE: Man arrested as easyJet plane met by police at Scottish airport 'We will continue to monitor the situation and support the community,' Scottish Water said. 'At this time, there are no other water supplies in Shetland on our risk register.' The water shortage comes after more than 10,000 islanders have been left without internet and phone access due to a major outage. Scots living in [[Shetland]] and Orkney, along with people in the Faroe Islands, have been facing disruption to their broadband services due to a damaged subsea cable since Saturday morning. According to reports, residents on the islands are still facing an outage after Openreach confirmed that some of its customers were impacted after a subsea cable from Orkney to Banff was damaged. It has been reported that the Shefa-2 cable, which is part of the cables owned by Faroese Telecom, has been affected and that engineers are working on the issue. Anyone who is experiencing any issues have been urged to report them to their service provider for further investigation. It has been reported that 999 calls are not impacted. An Openreach spokesperson said: 'We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience, the damage to a subsea cable from Orkney to Banff, has caused from Saturday morning. 'Customers can still make landline calls, and whilst we're constantly assessing customer impact, we believe up to 10,000 customers in Faroe, Shetland, and Orkney islands could have disruption to their broadband services. 'We're working on repairs as soon as we can and will update further once we can confirm our specific work and timeline. Anyone experiencing any issues should report it to their service provider for further investigation as usual.'
Yahoo
6 days ago
- Climate
- Yahoo
Yorkshire Water urges people to practice caution near its reservoirs
Yorkshire Water has issued a message about safety near reservoirs. The company wished to remind people that cold water shock, hidden currents, equipment under the water, sudden drops, and other dangers make reservoirs a risk to life if they are entered. Alastair Harvey, lead countryside and woodland advisor at Yorkshire Water, said: "Feeling hot can make a dip in our reservoirs seem tempting, but it's important not to take the risk. "Sadly, we've seen incidents in Yorkshire when people have lost their lives in reservoirs and other open water. "We'd advise sticking to the walking routes on public footpaths, and don't be tempted to go for a dip in the shallows or walk on the newly exposed embankment, as there can be risks of sinking mud." The warning comes as reservoir levels remain low due to dry weather, exposing new hazards such as a sunken bridge at Baitings, and the submerged village of West End at Thruscross. Such areas should be viewed from a distance and not approached. Anyone who witnesses a fire, or someone in danger in the water, should call 999 and request the fire service.
BBC News
7 days ago
- Business
- BBC News
Abingdon Reservoir judicial review dismissed by High Court
A water firm can move forward with its plan to build one of the country's largest reservoirs, after a claim for a judicial review was dismissed in the High Water's £2.2bn South East Strategic Reservoir Option (SESRO), will be created near Abingdon, Oxfordshire, to cope with increasing demand and climate project will cover an area the size of Gatwick Airport and the company says it will secure supply for 15 million charity CPRE Oxfordshire and water safety group Safer Waters, who brought the case to the High Court, said it would devastate local ecology and livelihoods. They were challenging Environment Secretary Steve Reed's decision to approve the water company's Water Resource Management Plan, which includes the new 4.5 sq mile (7 sq km) reservoir. Thames Water intends to submit an application to construct and maintain the reservoir next year. If that is granted, it hopes to start building in 2029 with the reservoir operational from water would supply customers in Oxfordshire and others in London and the South East, Thames Water said. It said it would "provide opportunities to create new habitats and increase biodiversity, as well as providing new leisure and recreation facilities". Derek Stork, a director of Safer Waters, previously said the project was "a scandalous misuse of public money". Lisa Warne, director of CPRE Oxfordshire, had called on the government to "prioritise leakage reduction, water reuse, and efficiency, not this vanity reservoir".It was designated a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project in June. You can follow BBC Oxfordshire on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
E&E News
19-07-2025
- Politics
- E&E News
DeSantis touts agreement with feds to expedite Everglades reservoir completion
TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Friday that federal officials are allowing the state to take over work on some components of an Everglades reservoir construction to speed up its completion by five years. Details: DeSantis (R) made the announcement in Marco Island after publicly asking President Donald Trump, following a tour of the Alligator Alcatraz immigration detention center on July 1, to allow Florida to take over the Everglades Agricultural Area reservoir project. DeSantis said the agreement with the Department of the Army signed Friday would accelerate Everglades restoration and move up the EAA reservoir completion date from 2034 to 2029. Advertisement 'This is a really, really big deal,' DeSantis said, adding, 'We have a great partner with the Trump administration and the Department of the Army.'
CTV News
17-07-2025
- CTV News
‘A real danger': Ghost Lake residents upset over low reservoir levels
Albertans summering in the village of Ghost Lake claim poor reservoir management is ruining their seasonal getaway. Albertans summering in the village of Ghost Lake claim poor reservoir management is ruining their seasonal getaway. The Ghost Reservoir is below its yearly average water level. It's a decision that has left those with properties downstream of the TransAlta hydro plant with limited lake to swim and boat in. 'This time last year, we probably had close to a metre more water than we do right now, which functionally makes a huge difference,' Mayor John Walsh said. The province has an agreement to set elevations on the Ghost Reservoir from May 16 to July 7, a period that typically carries the highest storm risk. But when TransAlta took back control in early July, the annual water level rise only lasted a couple of days. Residents say it was just high enough long enough to dock and put their boats in. 'In the last few days, people have now scrambled to get their boats out of the water,' Walsh said. 'If you look around the village, you'll see a lot of rock, a lot of points that are exposed and you'll see that most of the docks are empty.' Albertans summering in the village of Ghost Lake claim poor reservoir management is ruining their seasonal getaway. Albertans summering in the village of Ghost Lake claim poor reservoir management is ruining their seasonal getaway. The village marina is in various stages of chaos. Some docks sit half on the shore. Others have dropped into the water but scrape against shallow rocks. And the boats are in even worse shape. 'I hit a gravel bar and destroyed my prop,' resident Warren Wilson said. 'The water (there) was only two feet deep. Normally, this time of the year, it would be four.' He calls it a 'real danger' for any members of the public who aren't as familiar with the reservoir's ins and outs. Warren, a 19-year Ghost Lake vacationer, says he's never seen anything like it. 'We do understand that flood mitigation is important, but they're not operating the dam like they used to, like they have for the past 80 years,' he said. 'Right now, I don't believe there's any flood hazard. There's no snowpack or anything on the mountains coming down. 'There's no reason for it to be this low.' Warren is one of multiple boaters who have reached out to TransAlta for answers. He claims the company promised the level will return to normal at the end of July and pointed out the low elevation is still within its operating parameters. Warren says the company wouldn't elaborate as to what's currently happening. 'It's a very short season here in Alberta as is, so to not have a lake for a whole month is very frustrating,' he said. 'This is a reservoir managed by TransAlta, and its primary purpose is to generate power,' Walsh said. 'That's a business model, and we respect that. The thing that we're having trouble coming to grips with is the lack of transparency around the decisions that have been made.' TransAlta denied a CTV News interview request. In a statement, its media relations team said it 'began refilling to return to targeted elevation levels but had to pause to accommodate the recent precipitation.' It said the company is 'monitoring conditions closely and will continue to refill the reservoir gradually over the coming days.'
