Months of hot weather and the lack of rain have done this to the water supply of Scotland's biggest town
PAISLEY DAILY EXPRESS: Live news as it happensThe present showers forecast will not put a dent in the low supply.Barcraigs and Rowbank are more than 100 years old and are now 33 per cent below the brim.Barcraigs can hold 7,783,000 cubic metres of water and Rowbank 2,250,000 cubic metres.Laura Boyce, of Scottish Water, said: “Demand has been high due to warm, dry weather and we have appealed to our customers to use water efficiently.“No hoses, sprinklers, pressure washes and paddling pools should be used because of some challenges in maintaining normal supplies“Across Scotland, we are having to produce 200 million litres of extra water per day nationwide to maintain normal supplies.”SEPA said the problem has been sparked by an extremely dry