SIGNIFICANT rainfall over Dungowan could pose a risk for water quality as fires smoulder around the council-owned dam.
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Tamworth Regional Council staff will inspect the Dungowan Dam in coming days once it is deemed safe by Rural Fire Service (RFS) crews.
The RFS have been working to contain a blaze around the dam which has burnt through more than 13,000 hectares of land.
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The council's manager of water and waste operations Dan Coe said the fires hadn't affected the dam yet.
"When it does rain, it depends on how hot and intense the fire was whether the water quality will be impacted," he said.
The RFS usually carry out controlled burns around the dam about once every 12 months.
However, Mr Coe said the fire service hadn't been able to do so for more than two years due to dry conditions in the cooler months.
He said it would be a case of "wait and see" whether the dam's infrastructure had sustained any damage.
The council is supplying water to Tamworth, Moonbi and Kootingal solely from Chaffey Dam presently.
However, there are about 40 properties which still get their supply from the fire-affected dam.
The connection between the dam and the Dungowan pump station haven't been impacted by the blaze.
Tamworth RFS inspector Allyn Purkiss said this year's blaze "wasn't savage or really hot".
"Half of that catchment got burnt in 2018 to a wildfire we had up there," he said. "It's not the whole catchment, only about half because one half already had a fire go through it."