MP comments after warning to Moray residents about water use
Moray MP Douglas Ross has commented after Scottish Water issued a statement today to ask people to use water wisely, following a dry spell in Moray which has affected the Badentinan Water Treatment Works which serves domestic properties and businesses in the Elgin, Kinloss, Forres, Burghead, Lossiemouth, Rothes, Fochabers, Dufftown and Craigellachie areas.
Douglas said: “Here in Moray we are used to getting a fair bit of rain, so this is a very unusual request but after the weeks of dry weather it may not come as too much of a surprise; however, I would urge people around the area to take account of what Scottish Water is saying.
“We have had some fantastic sunny weather recently, but the downside is that we haven’t had the rain which leaves the water treatment works serving Moray with low supplies.
“We are not being asked not to use water, but to look carefully at how we use it to preserve stocks during the summer months to give them a chance to be topped up again. Nobody wants to be in a situation where we have restrictions on use.
“Lack of rain might seem a bit of an alien concept to us up here in Moray, but we can all take simple steps to use water more efficiently.”