BBC Spreads Disinformation On Scotland's Dry Spring

They’re at it again. This time trying to claim that Scotland is getting drier because of climate change and admonishing the Scots for using so much water by not taking ‘shorter showers’.

People in Scotland have been told to use water supplies sparingly after the driest start to the year since 1964.

But supplier Scottish Water is also warning that the country's relationship with water is unsustainable in the long run.

This is because the average person in Scotland uses about 40% more water than the average person in Yorkshire.

So why does Scotland use more water than the rest of the UK?

Scotland has some of the wettest parts of the UK, so it is perhaps counterintuitive to think about it as a country facing water scarcity.

One challenge is the fact that only around 1% of the country's infamous rainfall is captured in reservoirs.

Another supply issue is that Scotland gets through so much water compared to the rest of the UK.

Figures from regulator Ofwat show that in 2023/24 an average of 140.4 litres of water per person per day was used in England and Wales.

Yorkshire Water's rate in this period was 126.9 litres per day, while Northumbrian Water was 154.7 litres per day.

By contrast, Scottish Water's consumption rate was an average of 178 litres per day.

The reason that Scots use more water is probably not just because of the fact that most of the year it tends to be tipping it down, it’s also because they are not being forced to use ‘smart’ water meters to monitor and control their usage of an abundant resource and increase the profits of water companies.

Only a small number of Scottish households have water meters.

Instead, most pay for water and sewerage services as part of their council tax, with the amount linked to their property's council tax band.

Then it trots out the usual bullshit about ‘climate change’ and the need to conserve what might be a dwindling resource (fresh water):

But it is this perception of abundance that troubles Scottish Water's chief executive Alex Plant.

Speaking to the BBC podcast ScotCast in February, he said: "We're at a point where we are really worried, collectively as a nation, about the sufficiency of our water supply.

"So we should be thinking about water not as plentiful and abundant and you don't need to worry about it, and more as something that is a precious resource.

"Part of it is this mindset that we assume it's abundant and therefore we don't worry about it too much."

He added: "I think another reason is that almost nobody in Scotland understands how much water they're using because we pay through our council tax (and) we don't understand the amount we're using."

That’s the CEO of Scottish Water agonising over the fact that his company’s profits are not being maximised because hardly any Scots are forced to use a water meter. Then the BBC publishes blatant disinformation about rainfall in Scotland and ‘climate change’:

Scotland is also facing more frequent spells without rain.

Climate change models predict that summers in Scotland will likely become drier, with a potential decrease of 10% to 20% in summer rainfall.

An opinion polling by Consumer Scotland suggests most consumers (77%) in Scotland are concerned about climate change.

However, only around one in five (19%) are concerned about how much water is used in their home.

Creating a better understanding of the link between the impact of climate change and water usage is what Mr Plant wants to address.

Then it raises the terrifying spectre of Scotland’s whisky industry suffering supposedly because of rivers running dry:

Water - both rainfall and surface water - is critical to the production of the country's most famous export, whisky.

This is why distilleries are paying close attention to projections that suggest there will be double the frequency of low river flow events by 2050.

Models, always models. The reality: Scotland has got much wetter since 1840!

Summers are not getting drier:

Autumn and winter have become especially damp:

This spring has been very dry, although overall, spring in Scotland has also got wetter since 1840. However, spring has been getting drier since about 1990, so maybe that’s part of the reason why spring 2025 has been so very dry: it’s part of a continuing short term trend:

Conversely, from the 1930s until 1990, springs in Scotland got progressively wetter. Nothing whatsoever to do with man-made ‘climate change’, more likely natural cyclical variability related to the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO).

The BBC is spreading climate change propaganda again in defence of Marxist Net Zero and the ‘smart’ metering of water and energy in order to keep us profligate proles in check and under the boot heel of the corporate state.