On Tuesday, SMHI issued a notice of risk of water shortage in groundwater reservoirs in Stockholm, Uppsala, Halland and Östergötland counties. The same situation was previously noted in Västra Götaland, Jönköping, Kalmar, Gotland, Skåne, Kronoberg and Blekinge counties.
In Västra Götaland, in addition to low groundwater levels, there are also low flows in the larger rivers Tidan, Viskan (downstream of Kinna) and Ätran. Low flows in watercourses are also found in some other counties.
According to SMHI, the risk of water shortages in the eleven counties will persist for at least a few more weeks.
But it depends on the weather. It cannot be ruled out that there will be more announcements about the risk of water shortages in the future, says Julia Zabori, hydrologist on duty at SMHI.
