Water pressure: severe water restrictions stay for Tamworth, Armidale as Gunnedah, Liverpool Plains regions ease back

Rainfall and inflows have helped boost supplies in some places, while new pipelines and upgrades have helped shore up water access in others.

Tamworth, Moonbi and Kootingal are the only places in the Tamworth Regional Council area that are still on water restrictions.

Barraba, Manilla, Attunga, Bendemeer and Nundle have all been dropped back to the minimum permanent conservation measures (Level P), after a welcome boost to local water supplies.

It leaves Tamworth with some of the most severe water restrictions across the New England North West, with the city remaining on Level 5.

Tamworth has been on the high-level regulations since September last year, and there's no sign of easing up.

Chaffey Dam has been hovering around 14 per cent capacity for months now, and Tamworth won't be dialled back to Level 4 until the source hits 25 per cent.

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Residents living in the Gunnedah Shire are also free of strict water rules and are on permanent water conservation measures.

This baseline Level P still has regulations on the times locals can use fixed sprinklers and hoses, and residents are encouraged to save water where possible.

In the Liverpool Plains Shire Council area, there are no water restrictions more severe than Level P across the board.

Wallabadah was the most recent township to join that list when it dropped from Level 2 to permanent water conservation measures on Wednesday morning.

Blackville, Quirindi, Werris Creek, Spring Ridge, Willow Tree, Caroona and Premer are all on Level P.

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Water worries were eased in Uralla on Wednesday morning when the town shifted from Level 5 restrictions to permanent water conservation measures.

Uralla Shire Council said it plans on reconsidering the trigger level to issue water restrictions, to ensure supply for Uralla and Bundarra's needs during future droughts.

Armidale remains on Level 5 restrictions.

Residents of Murrurundi were given a welcome reprieve when intense Level 6 water restrictions were dropped all the way back to Level 2 last week.

The change coincided with the opening of a brand new pipeline transporting water along a 40-kilometre route to the town from Glenbawn Dam near Scone.

The pipeline will pump two million litres of water per day from Glenbawn Dam at Scone through to Murrurundi - a stark contrast from the past 18 months, when water arrived by the truck load.

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