Last week Bligh street resident Bill Clark became the new owner of a water bore, sunk into his garden, and is now completely reliant on his bore.

Bill began the process of getting a bore when Oberon first went onto high level water restrictions, and applied for a licence for a bore that would supply his house and garden.

Max Jones from Watermin Drillers said that they have received a huge number of phone calls from people across the area, including Oberon, interested in getting a bore to ease their water worries.

“The most valuable asset any property can have is a permanent, reliable water supply and that is why having a water bore professionally constructed to provide that water is the most important improvement landowners can make to their properties,” he said.

Last week Watermin Drillers visited Bill's house, and it took only a couple of hours for the drillers to hit water, at a depth of about 20 metres down. The bore is set at 30 metres, and Bill now has a whopping 2000 litres available each hour for his house and garden.

Mr Jones said that Oberon is a great place to sink a bore.

“Oberon is sitting on water. There is more water sitting under Oberon than there is in the Oberon Dam when it is full,” he said.

Mr Jones said that due to the huge call for bores in the Oberon area, Watermin Drillers now have a rig dedicated for use in Oberon.

Mr Jones said the beauty of bore water is that it does not evaporate or easily become polluted and is not subject to local rainfall to replenish the supply.

“A water bore takes up only a small amount of space and because the water is stored underground, quite often it is not necessary to purchase storage facilities, which can save the landowner quite a lot of money. These combined factors make a bore an ideal means of obtaining a permanent supply of water with free, underground storage,” he said.

Bill is very excited about his new bore, and is pleased that no matter how much the dam plunges, he now has a seperate water supply for his home.