Available below are some data feeds SEPA has provided to support SEPA’s advice for water users with regard to water scarcity. These show the number of days that river flows have been very low. Evidence has shown that the risk to river ecology is much higher as a result of prolonged low flows, and the longer this goes on the worse the impact will be.
Data feeds are updated daily at 0930 GMT / 1030 BST
Water Scarcity Levels are set weekly between May and September and published each Friday.
Information on water scarcity is available on our Water scarcity information pages.
Please note: Above data can be download in following formats : CSV | XML | JSON | GEOJSON
Published by Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA).
Contains SEPA data © Scottish Environment Protection Agency and database right 2020. All rights reserved.
This SEPA Data is licensed under the Open Government Licence 3.0.
Whilst all reasonable effort has been made to ensure that these data are accurate for their intended purpose, no warranty is given by SEPA in this regard.
| Station Name | River Name | Easting | Northing | Date | Five-day Mean Flow (m3/sec)a | Days below low flow thresholdb | Low flow threshold. (m3/sec)c |
|---|
a Five-day Mean Flow (m3/sec) We use a rolling five-day average of the mean daily flow as a reference rather than the instantaneous flow rate at a station to avoid very short-lived increases in flows that would not be considered sufficient recovery.
b Days below low flow threshold this is the number of consecutive days the five-day average flow has been below the low flow threshold.
c Low flow threshold The low flow threshold is defined as the natural flow that would, on average, be exceeded for 18 days a year, but rarely on consecutive days. This value is also known as Q95. When flow is below this level for an extended period, impact on the aquatic environment will occur.
Please note: Above data can be download in following formats : CSV | XML | JSON | GEOJSON
Published by Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA).
Contains SEPA data © Scottish Environment Protection Agency and database right 2020. All rights reserved.
This SEPA Data is licensed under the Open Government Licence 3.0.
Whilst all reasonable effort has been made to ensure that these data are accurate for their intended purpose, no warranty is given by SEPA in this regard.
| Data Download API's available | ||
|---|---|---|
| Scottish WaterScarcity Infomation | {baseurl}/api/Waterscarcity |
JSON : {baseurl}/api/Waterscarcity XML : {baseurl}/api/Waterscarcity?xml=true CSV : {baseurl}/api/Waterscarcity?csv=true GeoJson : {baseurl}/api/WaterscarcityGeoJson |
|
Single site station Information: Where {id} is the unique station number (integer) / location id List of location codes |
{baseurl}/api/Waterscarcity/{id} |
XML : {baseurl}/api/Waterscarcity/{id}?xml=true CSV : {baseurl}/api/Waterscarcity/{id}?csv=true |
| Baseurl: https://www2.sepa.org.uk/drought-risk-assessment-tool | ||
Sample Requests
for all examples we will get data for station id: 14969 (Aberuthven) (https://www2.sepa.org.uk/drought-risk-assessment-tool/api/waterscarcity/14969)
Station Data
JSON
/api/waterscarcity/14969
{
Station_Name: "Aberuthven",
River_Name: "Ruthven Water",
Location_Code: "14969",
SEPA_Hydrology_Office: "Perth",
Easting: "297508.0",
Northing: "715379.0",
Lat_WGS84: "56.31968188",
Long_WGS84: "-3.658685969",
Latest_Date: "2019-06-05 09:00",
Q95: "0.264",
Days_Below_Q95: "0",
Fiveday_Mean_Flow: "1.706"
}
XML
/api/waterscarcity/14969?xml=true
<Station xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/sepa.Waterscarcity.Api.Models">
<Days_Below_Q95>0</Days_Below_Q95>
<Easting>297508.0</Easting>
<Fiveday_Mean_Flow>1.706</Fiveday_Mean_Flow>
<Lat_WGS84>56.31968188</Lat_WGS84>
<Latest_Date>2019-06-05 09:00</Latest_Date>
<Location_Code>14969</Location_Code>
<Long_WGS84>-3.658685969</Long_WGS84>
<Northing>715379.0</Northing>
<Q95>0.264</Q95>
<River_Name>Ruthven Water</River_Name>
<SEPA_Hydrology_Office>Perth</SEPA_Hydrology_Office>
<Station_Name>Aberuthven</Station_Name>
</Station>
GeoJson
/api/WaterscarcityGeoJson
{
type: "FeatureCollection",
features: [
{
type: "Feature",
geometry: {
type: "Point",
coordinates: [
-1.288604022,
60.2593269
]
},
properties: {
Station_Name: "Weisdale Mill",
River_Name: "Weisdale Burn",
Location_Code: "116008",
SEPA_Hydrology_Office: "Elgin",
Easting: "439470.0",
Northing: "1153000.0",
Lat_WGS84: "60.2593269",
Long_WGS84: "-1.288604022",
Latest_Date: "2019-06-05 09:00",
Q95: "0.045",
Days_Below_Q95: "0",
Fiveday_Mean_Flow: "0.349"
}
},
{
type: "Feature",
geometry: {
type: "Point",
coordinates: [
-5.088839432,
56.82151065
]
},
properties: {
Station_Name: "Claggan",
River_Name: "Nevis",
Location_Code: "116011",
SEPA_Hydrology_Office: "Dingwall",
Easting: "211592.0",
Northing: "774257.0",
Lat_WGS84: "56.82151065",
Long_WGS84: "-5.088839432",
Latest_Date: "2019-06-05 09:00",
Q95: "0.68",
Days_Below_Q95: "0",
Fiveday_Mean_Flow: "11.969"
}
},
{
type: "Feature",
geometry: {
type: "Point",
coordinates: [
-4.114140851,
55.91939055
]
},
properties: {
Station_Name: "Auchengeich",
River_Name: "Bothlin Burn",
Location_Code: "133061",
SEPA_Hydrology_Office: "East Kilbride",
Easting: "267977.0",
Northing: "671609.0",
Lat_WGS84: "55.91939055",
Long_WGS84: "-4.114140851",
Latest_Date: "2019-06-05 09:00",
Q95: "0.109",
Days_Below_Q95: "0",
Fiveday_Mean_Flow: "0.715"
}
}
]
}
Published by Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA).
Contains SEPA data © Scottish Environment Protection Agency and database right 2020. All rights reserved.
This SEPA Data is licensed under the Open Government Licence 3.0.
Whilst all reasonable effort has been made to ensure that these data are accurate for their intended purpose, no warranty is given by SEPA in this regard.