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.
“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.”
