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Demand was so high as temperatures soared recently that Scottish Water had to produce more than 200 million litres of extra water per day nationwide to maintain normal supplies – that’s enough water to fill 100 Olympic-sized swimming pools or 2.4 million baths.
Despite pleas direct to Scottish government ministers and to Scottish Water there has been very little progress made so far, according to a working group set up on the island to try and solve the problem.
Demand for food bank help on Uist and Barra will see two new ‘banks’ open on the islands for the first time soon
Calor Gas says it could be weeks before bulk supplies get back to normal so customers running out should use what they have left sparingly.
