ARMIDALE mayor Simon Murray says council has taken steps to ease the "grim" impacts Guyra faces if its water runs out.
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"The problem we have is that the dam levels are, I think, at 25 per cent or even less as we speak, and dropping pretty rapidly," Cr Murray said.
He stressed the need to limit water consumption within households, especially as the pipeline from Armidale to Guyra is not due to have finished construction and be operational until August 15.
At the current rate of water consumption Guyra will run out of water before the pipe is built.
"What the bigger problem is, as it drops down the water quality actually deteriorates, and the water quality that has to be then treated is getting worse and worse so it makes the treatment process hard," Cr Murray said.
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"We're still waiting on the state government to come through with funding, because we are looking at the option of trucking water up to Guyra.
"All the planning is done, for doing it. We just haven't had that signature on the piece of paper."
Cr Murray said any water transportation to Guyra would need to use large water mains in Armidale.
"Staff have identified streets where the large mains are, so we can tap into those. We need the large mains to be able to quickly fill the trucks," he said.
"We're already thinking it should take 45 minutes to fill a truck, and were talking about a 40,000 litre truck."
