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DWQR Annual Report 2005
Drinking Water Quality in Scotland 2005 Drinking Water Drinking Water Quality in Scotland 2005 Annual Report by the Drinking Water Quality Regulator Annual Report by the Drinking Water Quality Regulator Annual Report by the Drinking Water © Crown copyright 2006 This document is also available on the DWQR website: www.dwqr.org.uk Astron B46660 08/06 Further copies are available from Blackwells Bookshop 53 South Bridge Edinburgh EH1 1YS Telephone orders and enquiries 0131 622 8283 or 0131 622 8258 Fax orders 0131 557 8149 Email orders [email protected] ISBN 0-7559-5077-1 9 780755 950775 www.dwqr.org.uk Drinking Water Quality in Scotland 2005 Annual Report by the Drinking Water Quality Regulator Drinking Water Quality in Scotland 2005 © Crown copyright 2006 Published on behalf of the Drinking Water Quality Regulator for Scotland, August, 2006 ISBN: 0-7559-5077-1 Produced for the Drinking Water Quality Regulator by Astron B46660 08/06 Further copies are available from Blackwell's Bookshop 53 South Bridge Edinburgh EH1 1YS The text pages of this document are printed on recycled paper and are 100% recyclable Drinking Water Quality in Scotland 2005 Contents 1. Foreword 1 2. Executive Summary 3 3. Introduction 7 4. Drinking Water Quality across Scotland 15 4A. Public Water Supplies in Scotland 17 4B. Private Water Supplies in Scotland 37 5. Drinking Water Quality by Region 43 5.1 Regional Key Facts 45 5.2 Drinking Water Quality in the South West 47 5.3 Drinking Water Quality in the North West 51 5.4 Drinking Water Quality in the North East 55 5.5 Drinking Water Quality in the South East 59 5.6 Drinking Water Quality in the Western Isles, Orkney Islands and Shetland 62 6. -
Haroldswick: the Heart of Viking Unst
Trail 1: Haroldswick: The Heart of Viking Unst Haroldswick means Harold’s bay, named after Harald Fairhair who reputedly landed in this beautiful inlet. Today it is the ideal starting point for visitors curious about Viking Unst. 1 The Skidbladner 2 Longhouse replica Skidbladner is a full scale replica of the 9th century Gokstad ship The replica longhouse is based on the floorplan of found under a mound in Sandefjord, Norway. She is one of the one of the best preserved and excavated longhouse largest replica Viking longships ever built. Like all Viking ships she sites at Hamar. is clinker-built, i.e. made of long, overlapping planks which made Local craftsmen have had to rediscover Viking skills Unst Boat Haven longships fast and flexible, able to slip into rivers and voes, taking including cutting wooden joints. The stone and turf the Pictish residents by surprise. are Unst materials, the wood was imported from 3 Unst Boat Haven Scotland and the birchbark which “waterproofs” The Boat Haven contains more The Vikings invented the keel, the roof came from Norway. information about the Skidbladner and the rudder and the here you can also see how the Viking suncompass. Their longships clinker boat tradition has persisted in were a technological miracle, Shetland through to the present day. enabling the Vikings to conquer the seaways of the North 4 Unst Heritage Centre Atlantic. The Gokstad ship The centre includes exhibitions about past seated 32 oarsmen and carried and recent Unst life, including information up to 70 men. As they rowed, about the Vikings and various excavations the oarsmen sat on chests in Unst. -
Northmavine the Laird’S Room at the Tangwick Haa Museum Tom Anderson
Northmavine The Laird’s room at the Tangwick Haa Museum Tom Anderson Tangwick Haa All aspects of life in Northmavine over the years are Northmavine The wilds of the North well illustrated in the displays at Tangwick Haa Museum at Eshaness. The Haa was built in the late 17th century for the Cheyne family, lairds of the Tangwick Estate and elsewhere in Shetland. Some Useful Information Johnnie Notions Accommodation: VisitShetland, Lerwick, John Williamson of Hamnavoe, known as Tel:01595 693434 Johnnie Notions for his inventive mind, was one of Braewick Caravan Park, Northmavine’s great characters. Though uneducated, Eshaness, Tel 01806 503345 he designed his own inoculation against smallpox, Neighbourhood saving thousands of local people from this 18th Information Point: Tangwick Haa Museum, Eshaness century scourge of Shetland, without losing a single Shops: Hillswick, Ollaberry patient. Fuel: Ollaberry Public Toilets: Hillswick, Ollaberry, Eshaness Tom Anderson Places to Eat: Hillswick, Eshaness Another famous son of Northmavine was Dr Tom Post Offices: Hillswick, Ollaberry Anderson MBE. A prolific composer of fiddle tunes Public Telephones: Sullom, Ollaberry, Leon, and a superb player, he is perhaps best remembered North Roe, Hillswick, Urafirth, for his work in teaching young fiddlers and for his role Eshaness in preserving Shetland’s musical heritage. He was Churches: Sullom, Hillswick, North Roe, awarded an honorary doctorate from Stirling Ollaberry University for his efforts in this field. Doctor: Hillswick, Tel: 01806 503277 Police Station: Brae, Tel: 01806 522381 The camping böd which now stands where Johnnie Notions once lived Contents copyright protected - please contact Shetland Amenity Trust for details. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure the contents are accurate, the funding partners do not accept responsibility for any errors in this leaflet. -
Scottish Sanitary Survey Project
Scottish Sanitary Survey Project Sanitary Survey Report Papa Little Voe and Gon Firth SI 235 and SI 076 March 2009 Report Distribution – Papa Little Voe & Gon Firth Date Name Agency* Linda Galbraith Scottish Government Judith White Scottish Government Ewan Gillespie SEPA Douglas Sinclair SEPA Stephan Walker Scottish Water Alex Adrian Crown Estate Dawn Manson Shetland Islands Council Sean Williamson NAFC Marine Centre Demlane Harvester** Suthra Voe Shellfish Harvester** * Distribution of both draft and final reports to relevant agency personnel is undertaken by FSAS. ** Distribution of draft and final reports to harvesters in undertaken by the relevant local authority. i Table of Contents 1. General Description 1 2. Fishery 2 3. Human Population 4 4. Sewage Discharges 6 5. Geology and Soils 8 6. Land Cover 9 7. Farm Animals 11 8. Wildlife 13 9. Meteorological Data 17 9.1 Rainfall 17 9.2 Wind 19 10. Current and Historical Classification Status 23 11. Historical E. coli Data 25 11.1 Validation of Historical Data 25 11.2 Summary of Microbiological Results 25 11.3 Overall Geographical Pattern of Results 26 11.4 Overall Temporal Pattern of Results 28 11.5 Seasonal Pattern of Results 29 11.6 Analysis of Results Against Environmental Factors 31 11.7 Evaluation of Results over 4600 E. coli mpn/100g 37 11.8 Summary and Conclusions 37 11.9 Sampling Frequency 38 12. Shellfish Growing Waters Data 39 13. River Flow 40 14. Bathymetry and Hydrodynamics 42 14.1 Physical Characteristics 42 14.2 Related Studies 44 14.3 Model Study 44 14.4 Discussion and Summary 51 15. -
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STACK ROCK 2020 An illustrated guide to sea stack climbing in the UK & Ireland - Old Harry - - Old Man of Stoer - - Am Buachaille - - The Maiden - - The Old Man of Hoy - - over 200 more - Edition I - version 1 - 13th March 1994. Web Edition - version 1 - December 1996. Web Edition - version 2 - January 1998. Edition 2 - version 3 - January 2002. Edition 3 - version 1 - May 2019. Edition 4 - version 1 - January 2020. Compiler Chris Mellor, 4 Barnfield Avenue, Shirley, Croydon, Surrey, CR0 8SE. Tel: 0208 662 1176 – E-mail: [email protected]. Send in amendments, corrections and queries by e-mail. ISBN - 1-899098-05-4 Acknowledgements Denis Crampton for enduring several discussions in which the concept of this book was developed. Also Duncan Hornby for information on Dorset’s Old Harry stacks and Mick Fowler for much help with some of his southern and northern stack attacks. Mike Vetterlein contributed indirectly as have Rick Cummins of Rock Addiction, Rab Anderson and Bruce Kerr. Andy Long from Lerwick, Shetland. has contributed directly with a lot of the hard information about Shetland. Thanks are also due to Margaret of the Alpine Club library for assistance in looking up old journals. In late 1996 Ben Linton, Ed Lynch-Bell and Ian Brodrick undertook the mammoth scanning and OCR exercise needed to transfer the paper text back into computer form after the original electronic version was lost in a disk crash. This was done in order to create a world-wide web version of the guide. Mike Caine of the Manx Fell and Rock Club then helped with route information from his Manx climbing web site. -
Annual Shetland Pony Sale – Lerwick 2011
ANNUAL SHETLAND PONY SALE – LERWICK 2011 Shetland’s annual show and sale of Shetland Ponies was held on Thursday 6th and Friday 7th October 2011 at the Shetland Rural Centre, Lerwick. Entries for the sale were down on previous years with 133 ponies entered in this year’s catalogue. In particular there were fewer colt foals and fillies entered than usual meaning that the majority of ponies offered for sale were filly foals. Top price at the sale went to Mrs L J Burgess for her standard piebald filly foal, Robin’s Brae Pippa by HRE Fetlar, which realised 600 gns to A A Robertson, Walls, Shetland. HRE Fetlar achieved a gold award in the Pony Breeders of Shetland Association Shetland Pony Evaluation Scheme. The champion filly foal from the previous day’s show, Mrs M Inkster’s standard black filly, Laurenlea Louise by Birchwood Pippin, sold at 475 gns to Miss P J J Gear, Foula. Champion colt foal Niko of Kirkatown by Loanin Cleon, from Mr D A Laurenson, Haroldswick sold for 10 gns to Claire Smith, Punds, Sandwick. Regrettably, demand and prices in general were poor and some ponies passed through the ring unsold. Local sales accounted for a good proportion of trade as did the support of the regular buyers that make the annual trip from mainland UK to attend the sale each year. The show of foals on Thursday evening was judged by Mr Holder Firth, Eastaben, Orkney and his prizewinners and the prices that they realised, if sold, were as follows: Standard Black Filly Foals Gns 1st Laurenlea Louise Mrs M Inkster, Haroldswick, Unst 475 2nd Robin’s -
Shetland Inter-Island Transport Study
Shetland Inter-Island Transport Study Fair Isle Public Engagement Meeting Wednesday 31st August 2016 – 1700–2000 Fair Isle Hall Peter Brett Associates LLP Shetland Inter-Island Transport Study Welcome to the Fair Isle Public Engagement Meeting for the Shetland Inter-Island Transport Study (SIITS). The Shetland inter-island transport network, which consists of a combination of ferry and air services, connects nine islands with Shetland mainland. These lifeline connections support the economies of Shetland’s island communities as well as providing personal accessibility to employment opportunities and access to key services such as education, health and leisure opportunities. The inter-island transport network has been supported in both capital and revenue terms by the Council over many years. Whilst this remains the case, ageing assets, escalating costs and a reduction in the funding available to local authorities has led to a need to consider the future of the inter-island transport network at the strategic level. To this end, the Council, in partnership with ZetTrans, Transport Scotland and Highlands & Islands Enterprise, commissioned the Shetland Inter-Island Transport Study (SIITS), with a view to developing and appraising options for the future of the inter-island transport services. The purpose of this exercise is to determine the appropriate level of service for each island / island group and the funding implications of this. This will provide the Council and ZetTrans with an evidence base to inform discussions with Scottish Government. To this end, the study team, led by Peter Brett Associates LLP, has developed, appraised & costed a set of capital (e.g. vessels, harbours, fixed links, airfields and aircraft (where appropriate)) and revenue (i.e. -
Records of Species and Subspecies Recorded in Scotland on up to 20 Occasions
Records of species and subspecies recorded in Scotland on up to 20 occasions In 1993 SOC Council delegated to The Scottish Birds Records Committee (SBRC) responsibility for maintaining the Scottish List (list of all species and subspecies of wild birds recorded in Scotland). In turn, SBRC appointed a subcommittee to carry out this function. Current members are Dave Clugston, Ron Forrester, Angus Hogg, Bob McGowan Chris McInerny and Roger Riddington. In 1996, Peter Gordon and David Clugston, on behalf of SBRC, produced a list of records of species recorded in Scotland on up to 5 occasions (Gordon & Clugston 1996). Subsequently, SBRC decided to expand this list to include all acceptable records of species recorded on up to 20 occasions, and to incorporate subspecies with a similar number of records (Andrews & Naylor 2002). The last occasion that a complete list of records appeared in print was in The Birds of Scotland, which included all records up until 2004 (Forrester et al. 2007). During the period from 2002 until 2013, amendments and updates to the list of records appeared regularly as part of SBRC’s Scottish List Subcommittee’s reports in Scottish Birds. Since 2014 these records have appear on the SOC’s website, a significant advantage being that the entire list of all records for such species can be viewed together (Forrester 2014). The Scottish List Subcommittee are now updating the list annually. The current update includes records from the British Birds Rarities Committee’s Report on rare birds in Great Britain in 2015 (Hudson 2016) and SBRC’s Report on rare birds in Scotland, 2015 (McGowan & McInerny 2017). -
Unst Community Council Chair Clerk Patrick Fordyce Josie Mcmillan Annsbrae Rockfield Burrafirth Haroldswick Haroldswick Unst, Shetland
Minutes subject to approval at the next meeting Unst Community Council Chair Clerk Patrick Fordyce Josie McMillan Annsbrae Rockfield Burrafirth Haroldswick Haroldswick Unst, Shetland Unst, Shetland 0 Tel: 01957 711554 Email: [email protected] Minutes of the meeting held on Monday 7th December 2020 at 6.30 pm using WebEx Phone Conferencing Present: Patrick Fordyce, Chair Claire Priest, Vice Chair Caroline Hunter John Peterson Janice Priest Hazel Spence Gordon Thomson Ryan Thomson, North Isles Councillor (ex-officio) Attending: Frances Browne, Community Involvement and Development Officer Michael Duncan, Community Council Liaison Officer Colin Clark, Shetland Community Benefit Fund Josie McMillan, Clerk 01/12/20 Apologies David Cooper Julie Thomson PC Angela Manson Duncan Anderson, North Isles Councillor (ex-officio) Alec Priest, North Isles Councillor (ex-officio) 02/12/20 Minutes from the Last Meeting The minutes from the meeting held on Monday 26th October 2020 were proposed by Claire and seconded by Gordon. 03/12/20 Declaration of Interest Janice declared an interest in agenda item 07/12/20.2 Application for donations. Hazel and Gordon declared an interest in agenda item 07/12/20.3 and 01/12/20.4 Application for donations. Claire declared an interest in agenda item 07/12/20 Health Centre G.P. Vacancies. Frances declared an interest in agenda item 11/12/20.1 and 11/12/20.2 Unadopted Roads. 04/12/20 Matters Arising from last minutes There were no matters arising. 05/12/20 Shetland Community Benefit Fund (SCBF), Colin Clark Chris Bunyan was not able to attend the meeting, due to illness. -
BURRA and TRONDRA COMMUNITY COUNCIL MINUTES a Virtual Meeting of the Above Community Council Was Held on Zoom on Monday 24Th August 2020 at 7Pm
Minute subject to approval at the next Community Council Meeting BURRA AND TRONDRA COMMUNITY COUNCIL MINUTES A virtual meeting of the above Community Council was held on Zoom on Monday 24th August 2020 at 7pm. Present Mr. N. O’Rourke Mr. G. Laurenson Miss N. Fullerton Mrs M. Garnier Ms. G. Hession Apologies Miss A. Williamson Mr. B. Adamson Mr. R. Black Mr. Michael Duncan, SIC Mrs. Roselyn Fraser, SIC In Attendance Mrs. J. Adamson (Clerk) Cllr. M. Lyall Cllr. I Scott 1. MINUTES OF LAST MEETING The Minutes of 21st July 2020 were approved by Gary Laurenson and Mhairi Garnier. 2. MATTERS ARISING (a) War Memorial, Bridge End – Grant for repairs Further photographs were submitted to accompany our Grants pre-application form to the War Memorial Trust back in March and they acknowledged receipt by e-mail on 4th March. They advised that the enquiry would undergo a preliminary assessment but due to the volume of work facing the charity they said it may take up to two months before they can provide us with a response. They asked that we do not contact them to chase our enquiry within the next 8 weeks and they will reply as soon as possible but could not guarantee any timeframes. (Our reference No is WMO/153611.) Nothing further had been heard from them. (b) Streetlights – Brough Mervyn Smith, SIC, advised by e-mail on 1st October 2019 that these two columns are scheduled for replacement next financial year (2020/21). It was agreed that this would be kept on the minutes until this is done. -
Download: Appendix J
Part 1 Appraisal Summary Tables Proposal Details Name and address of authority or organisation promoting the proposal: Mr Michael Craigie, 01595 744 160, [email protected] Shetland Islands Council, Development Service, Transport Planning (Also provide name of any subsidiary organisations also involved in promoting the Service, 6 North Ness, Lerwick, Shetland, ZE1 0LZ proposal) Stephen Canning, Peter Brett Option CO3: Replace the MV Dagalien and MV Proposal Name: Name of Planner: Associates Daggri with three TYPE 3 vessels. The working assumption with this option is that the Capital costs/grant MV Dagalien and MV Daggri would be replaced by £38.8 million. three TYPE 3 vessels. However, various vessel mixes could apply and the final decision should be Current revenue support informed by analysis of demand in the Final Business Case (FBC), which would be used to £2.27m (rounded) per annum. determine this. Estimated Total Public Proposal Description: Sector Funding One of the three vessels would need to lie Requirement: Annual revenue support overnight at Toft. This would require the construction of a 210m detached breakwater to £3.49m (rounded) per annum, although it provide shelter from northerly or easterly waves should be noted that frequency would be allowing vessels to safely overnight. There would increased with this option. also need to be a small investment in improved parking / waiting facilities at Toft. Present Value of Cost to Govt. Funding Sought From: Transport Scotland Amount of Application: Costs in this study are all reported in 2016 (if applicable) prices only. The costs would reflect those set out above. -
30 Bus Time Schedule & Line Route
30 bus time schedule & line map 30 Ulsta - West Sandwick View In Website Mode The 30 bus line (Ulsta - West Sandwick) has 3 routes. For regular weekdays, their operation hours are: (1) Mid Yell: 3:50 PM (2) Ulsta: 6:30 AM - 4:55 PM (3) West Sandwick: 9:40 AM - 6:20 PM Use the Moovit App to ƒnd the closest 30 bus station near you and ƒnd out when is the next 30 bus arriving. Direction: Mid Yell 30 bus Time Schedule 14 stops Mid Yell Route Timetable: VIEW LINE SCHEDULE Sunday Not Operational Monday 3:50 PM Ferry Terminal, Ulsta Tuesday 3:50 PM Copister Rd End, Ulsta Wednesday 3:50 PM Road End, Hamnavoe Thursday 3:50 PM Road End, Houlland Friday 3:50 PM Public Hall, Burravoe Saturday 3:20 PM School, Burravoe Road End, Gossabrough 30 bus Info Road End, Otterswick Direction: Mid Yell Stops: 14 Trip Duration: 35 min Queyon Rd End, Otterswick Line Summary: Ferry Terminal, Ulsta, Copister Rd End, Ulsta, Road End, Hamnavoe, Road End, South Rd End, Aywick Houlland, Public Hall, Burravoe, School, Burravoe, Road End, Gossabrough, Road End, Otterswick, North Rd End, Aywick Queyon Rd End, Otterswick, South Rd End, Aywick, North Rd End, Aywick, Vatsetter Rd End, Mid Yell, Vatsetter Rd End, Mid Yell Whiteƒeld Cottage, Mid Yell, School, Mid Yell Whiteƒeld Cottage, Mid Yell School, Mid Yell Direction: Ulsta 30 bus Time Schedule 20 stops Ulsta Route Timetable: VIEW LINE SCHEDULE Sunday Not Operational Monday 6:30 AM - 4:55 PM Village, West Sandwick Tuesday 6:30 AM - 4:55 PM Hjarkland Rd End, West Sandwick Wednesday 6:30 AM - 4:55 PM Grimister Rd End, Mid