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Anglers claim Scottish Water's plans will impact on the river
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Gordon Brown's former press secretary, Charlie Whelan, is leading a campaign against Scottish Water development plans for the River Spey.
Until now Scottish Water has supplied the salmon river of upper Strathspey from Loch Einich in the Cairngorms.
But due to environmental issues, it claims it can no longer meet demand and intends to sink wells into an underground lake beneath Aviemore.
Local anglers and the River Spey fisheries board are opposing plans.
Campaigners including Mr Whelan, who has a home in Strathspey, claim that the radical proposal to supply upper Strathspey with water from underground springs will seriously damage the country's top salmon river.
Scottish Water insists that the operation will have a negligible impact on the river.
However, Mr Whelan, an enthusiastic angler, disagrees and claims that this would be the last straw for the river, which is already suffering from extensive water extraction.
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