We need to hear the voices of people experiencing water scarcity.
Over the last decade, water scarcity events that are caused by dry weather have increased, with predictions for further frequency and severity year on year. By the end of September 2022, the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency had reported that a large proportion of the country was either at risk of water scarcity or managing a water scarcity event.
Water Scarcity events are not just the result of dry weather. They can also be caused by drinking water supplies becoming contaminated by pollution or by infrastructure breaking. These are difficulties that many rural and islands communities have struggled with for years.
Scotland is in the midst of designing new responses to these water scarcity challenges and events.
This project aims to raise rural community voices and experiences in discussions about these issues.
The project also aims to raise public awareness of the importance of caring for Scotland’s freshwater supplies and of the efforts that communities are making to manage drinking water challenges.
The Taps Aff project
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The “Taps Aff!” Film
Together with communities from across South Ayrshire and Aberdeenshire, the “Taps Aff!” project has created a short film to help communicate experiences of water scarcity in Scotland.
The film was premiered at the International Water Resources Association’s 1st Islands Water Congress, which took place in the Faroes Islands in September 2024.
If you have a storey of water scarcity in Scotland that you would like to share, or know of an event that we can showcase our film at, please get in touch!