Emergency action is to be taken to maintain water supplies on Skye in the UK as the dry weather continues.
Scottish Water has been given special permission to install more pipes to safeguard supplies to the village of Broadford.
The environment body Sepa has said all areas of Scotland are now experiencing some degree of scarcity, the BBC reported.
A third of areas face significant water shortages by 30 June if river levels do not recover, it said.
Last week the Loch Maree area in the Highlands reached "significant", the highest risk level, and remains there.
The Ness remains at "moderate" scarcity, the second highest level, and is joined by the Inner Hebrides, parts of the central belt, and the whole of the south west.
The rest of Scotland is at "alert" level, with the exception of the Shetland islands at "early warning".
On Skye, where the overall risk is seen as moderate, Scottish Water has been given permission to maintain the amount of water in a burn that flows from a loch in a conservation area.
More pipes laid to safeguard water supplies on island
