IT APPEARS Tamworth residents have taken like ducks to water heeding the council's call for shorter showers.
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Tamworth Regional Council is expecting the city's main water supply, Chaffey Dam, to hit 15 per cent capacity by early to mid-December.
On Sunday, Chaffey Dam had fallen to 16.1 per cent capacity.
While this won't trigger any tighter restrictions, the council will keep the water conservation message at the forefront of people's minds.
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The council has been encouraging people to take more efficient showers while keeping personal water use to less than 150 litres.
But people are seemingly up for the challenge with the council's timer stocks running dry.
At this week's ordinary meeting, councillors will vote on buying another 5000 shower timers to distribute through the community.
The three-minute timers come at a cost of more than $8300.
Showers can be one of the biggest water guzzlers in the household.
An efficient shower head will use nine litres of water per minute or less.
Older, less efficient showers can use much more than this.
Under the council's 150-litre per day guideline, it recommends people use about 60 litres in the shower.
"Council has distributed close to 5000 shower timers to residents across the region, along with waterwise kits to accommodation providers," the report to council said.
"Given the ongoing success on the take up of shower timers by residents, council may like to consider the purchase of another 5000 units for distribution during level 5 water restrictions."
The council has also been encouraging primary school students to conduct water audits of their homes with the aim of making reductions where they can.
The class with the greatest cumulative savings will win an afternoon at the movies with drinks and snacks at Forum 6 cinemas.