RUMOURS Quirindi will face water restrictions in the near future are not true, Liverpool Plains Shire Council says.
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In fact, reserves were in a very health position, mayor Andrew Hope said.
“Groundwater levels in Quirindi are in the highest band of the last 10 years of historical records and despite rainfall for the last three months only registering 33mm,” he said.
“The warmer, dryer weather we’ve experienced of late has seen production in Quirindi up on average for this time of year, more like an early summer average rate of production, but this is no cause for concern.”
In Werris Creek, the problem was not available water with Quipolly Dam sitting at about 80 per cent, it is the old treatment plant “which has limitations on the amount of water it can produce”.
“We’ve already had to boost running times at the water treatment plant to approximately 12 hours per day – as such, we ask Werris Creek residents to be water wise and conscious,” Cr Hope said.
Council continues to lobby the NSW government to provide $10m for a new Werris Creek water treatment plant.
The council is ready to fork out several million dollars for the facility and the federal government has already committed $10m, but the project can’t go ahead without funding from the state government,
“We have put a lot of work into our applications for assistance and are hopeful we will be successful in receiving funding through their next round of announcements,” Cr Hope said.
“Water is a valuable commodity and while all of Council’s 8 supplies are currently in a healthy position I urge all consumers to be water wise at all times as we can never be sure of when the next rains that will top up supplies will occur.”