Assessing Water Scarcity Reporting in Scotland : A report from SEPA–University of Strathclyde Innovation Partnership Secondment

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Peters, Joshua and Roberts, Jennifer and McGuire, Stephen and Willmott, Ellie and Tunaley, Claire and White, Chris and Lau, Tiffany and Bertram, Doug and Major, Laura (2025) Assessing Water Scarcity Reporting in Scotland : A report from SEPA–University of Strathclyde Innovation Partnership Secondment. University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. (https://doi.org/10.17868/strath.00093463)

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Abstract

In Autumn/Winter 2024, an Innovation Partnership funded knowledge exchange project supported the University of Strathclyde researchers to collaborate with SEPA’s Water Resources Unit through Strathclyde researcher Joshua Peters’ three-month secondment into SEPA. The collaboration aimed to enhance Scotland’s water scarcity monitoring and reporting framework. The work was motivated by the need to provide robust, data-driven insights into Scotland’s increasing water scarcity challenges, particularly in rural and island communities. Activities included synthesising historical water scarcity data, refining expert judgment processes, and improving visual tools to explore and communicate water scarcity. The work has delivered critical tools and insights to improve Scotland’s preparedness for water scarcity, ensuring that future decision-making is based on robust, transparent, and continuously updated data.

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Peters, Joshua ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-3047-6399, Roberts, Jennifer ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4505-8524, McGuire, Stephen, Willmott, Ellie, Tunaley, Claire, White, Chris ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1791-4784, Lau, Tiffany, Bertram, Doug ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4291-5842 and Major, Laura ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7327-3101;
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