Up to 30 water tankers are being deployed across Scotland every day to keep the country's water flowing.

The hot weather has contributed to a 30% rise in demand this summer, leaving parts of Scotland parched.

Each of the tankers can carry up to 30,000 litres of water to areas where the supply is low, including Moray and Dornoch.

Meanwhile, Scottish Water is pushing an extra 140 million litres through the system each day to meet demand.

Chief operating officer Peter Farrer said: "We are working around the clock to maintain supplies during this period of very warm, dry weather which is having an effect on the amount of water people are using for a wide range of purposes.

"Our tanker operations are an important part of our response to the current challenges.

"We remain absolutely focused on ensuring Scotland's water supplies are maintained and protected but I would repeat the call to customers to work with us to achieve this.

"We have seen unprecedented increases in water use across the country where there has been very little or no rainfall for weeks and our teams are working at near capacity to meet that need."