WATER-RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IN SCOTLAND

Following a summary of the administrative arrangements in Scotland rel ating to water resources, details are given (for 1992-93) of the avail able yield of sources developed for public water supply, together with information on the types of sources used by water authorities. The ov erall water demand situation is described, details are given of the co mponents of demand (including 'unaccounted for water'), and comment is made on the demand/yield position for the country as a whole. The out come of two previous national surveys of existing and future water res ources is reviewed and a description is given of the third such survey which has commenced recently. This latest survey will draw on the res ults of the domestic water consumption study which The Scottish Office reported on in 1993; a summary of this study and its findings are giv en, and proposed changes to institutional arrangements in Scotland are outlined.