Contrary to popular belief there has not been much rain in the last few weeks which is why the water level in reservoir has been dropping slowly. Reservoir’s prime purpose is to store surplus water as part of the Edinburgh Flood Management scheme but the reservoir is also used by the fishermen as well as the hydro scheme. Fortunately there is little conflict of interest but balancing the requirements with supply needs some attention. The aim is to have the reservoir approximately 1.2 meters below the overflow mark.