MidCoast Water Services has met its target levels across the region for reducing outdoor water use but has encouraged the community to continue their efforts.
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Long term weather forecasts indicate there is little chance of substantial rainfall in the catchment areas across the MidCoast region in the coming weeks.
This means moderate water restrictions remain in force for the time being.
Outside watering, using hand-held hoses, can take place for one hour every second day, between 4pm and 9am only.
Garden irrigation systems may only be used for 15 minutes as part of the one hour allocation.
If your house number is an even number, water on the even days of the month; for houses with odd numbers, water on the odd days of the month, and there's no watering at all on the 31st day of any month.
"We've got a way to go before we can relax the restrictions so we're encouraging everyone to keep up the good work and follow the guidelines for outdoor water use.
"We thank the MidCoast community for their positive response and their action in reducing outdoor water use since restrictions began on February 1.
"Right across the region, the drop in water usage has met our targets, indicating that the community is abiding by water restrictions,” said MidCoast Council’s water services director Brendan Guiney.
During moderate restrictions, MidCoast Water Services aims for a usage of 24 million litres per day on the Manning Scheme (Manning and Forster Tuncurry regions).
As a comparison, on a wet day (when no one is using water outside due to rainfall) the area uses about 17 million litres.
On a hot day (without restrictions) this can be up to 32 million litres.
