East Lothian has reached 'alert level' for water scarcity in the latest report from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA).
According to the environmental body, recent rainfall has not been enough for recovery in the east, and conditions have continued to get drier in East Lothian, as well as Dundee, Fife, Falkirk and northeast Aberdeenshire.
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