chaffey dam

[GTB_an_Owl (Geoff)]

chaffey dam at only 15% capacity!

Tamworth will just have to start drinking more beer

geoff

[lazjen (Chris)]

If only we had the technology to create water, from, say seawater. And to lay pipes over long distances to connect dams and river systems to deliver water to areas that need it.

Guess because it's not gas/oil, it just can't be done...

[sharpiel]

Originally Posted by lazjen

If only we had the technology to create water, from, say seawater. And to lay pipes over long distances to connect dams and river systems to deliver water to areas that need it.

Guess because it's not gas/oil, it just can't be done...

Well said. Anything can be done if there's political gain or profit to be made. Little will be done in their absence.

[glend (Glen)]

Would you really want to be drinking the water from the bottom of that dam. Typically they don't draw down to the dead storage level. Might be ok for livestock but you don't want your kids drinking it. Trucking in potable water is the only option, other than bore water.
Chaffey has been well below useful storage level for years and nothing was done. The political will have to exist, and the various politicians don't want to admit they stuffed up.

[Outcast (Carlton)]

Originally Posted by lazjen

If only we had the technology to create water, from, say seawater. And to lay pipes over long distances to connect dams and river systems to deliver water to areas that need it.

Guess because it's not gas/oil, it just can't be done...

Nailed it!!

[Pepper (Steve)]

Yep things are looking grim for folk in town.
Tamworth primarily uses dungowan dam for drinking water. I have no clue how full it is. Silly thing is. A release is due to happen soon and will end up looking like Keepit dam nearby. I I live out of town and have my own water supply, it’s rough going on level 5 restrictions in town.
Totally agree with lazjen post.
A pipe from a desalination plant on the coast barely 200km away to the headwaters on the range. Seems good in theory anyway.

Glen. Chaffey has its capacity doubled a while ago. And not long after it filled up.
The “environmental releases” are what has diminished Chaffey, keepit, and splitrock.
Dungowan dam has the go ahead to increase capacity but that should have been done years ago. Need the infrastructure in and more importantly the rain to fill it up.
Nothing left out here.

[Allan_L (Allan)]

It seems like only yesterday we were avoiding it because it was overfull.

Originally Posted by GTB_an_Owl

2 October 2016
the wife an i travelled to Inverell for a soccer tournament this last week

we left on Sunday and stopped over at chaffey dam for the nite

THE DAM IS FULL!

none of the camp sites we have previously used are available any more
All under water
nice new tarred road past the toilet block and a new boat ramp by the looks of it
from the toilet block W, N and E it is only about 150mtrs to the waters edge
very few FLAT sites available

the surrounding country side was a carpet of green (nothing like what we saw last time)
the camp sites were a soggy mess, reflecting the amount of rain they must have had recently

so i think we can avoid chaffey for a while

geoff

[Huey (Michael)]

Our water supply is likely to be running out in March, latest May. Our water comes from Burrendong dam that is only just about 2% full we are told. One mine closed already and another one is about to drill for water deep underground.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-...-gold/11796716

We are desperate for any water even if it doesn't look pleasant.

Huey