Tamworth water supply: Chaffey Dam still hovering around 26 per cent after rapid rise in July

Tamworth Regional Council has put a plug in Chaffey Dam and has been sourcing Tamworth, Moonbi and Kootingal's town water from the Peel River, allowing the depleted source to replenish.

About 3ML of environmental water mandated by the state government still gushes downstream each day.

Chaffey Dam is sitting at 26 per cent full, after a small rise during the past fortnight.

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Dungown Dam - Tamworth's back up supply - has dropped to 95 per cent full, after it overflowed last month.

Tamworth Regional Council has said it will take water from Dungowan Dam for Tamworth's supply when the Peel River flows drop, before going back to Chaffey Dam.

The massive Split Rock Dam is at 4.9 per cent full, shoring up a solid supply for Manilla and Barraba.

A shower of rain wet Tamworth on Wednesday but it was a little less than locals were expecting, with the Bureau of Meterology station at Tamworth airport only clocking 1.2mm by 5pm.

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