Imagine only allowed to have a three minute shower each day and being reduced to just two loads of washing a week.
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That's what residents from Mendooran (population 420) are now expected to do after being placed on level six water restrictions.
To make matters worse, some residents are relying on donated bottled water as their everyday drinking water.
While some residents say the town doesn't need water brought in as the local supply is drinkable and safe, others say the water tastes "awful and chlorinated".
Carlton Kopke, who is the local policeman, has distributed 14,000 litres of donated bottled water in his own time.
He said the donated water started arriving on January 31 from across the state including Hillston, Bathurst and Dubbo.
The water has gone to 136 households in Mendooran and the outlaying towns of Merrygoen and Neilrex.
Mr Kopke said he was down to the last 100 litres of water, with an additional 20 pallets to arrive in the coming days.
"Some says the water is perfectly good, while others say it taste bad and it's full of chemicals," he said.
"If people ask for water they obviously need it."
In a statement released by Warrumbungle Shire Council in January, it said the council was unable to maintain the supply at the previous water restriction level due to declining water levels in the Castlereagh River and the bore water causing algae blooms in the Water Treatment Plant sedimentation lagoons.
Keith Turner from the Mendooran Newsagency, who has lived in the town 18 years, said there had always been restrictions.
"We need a flood but we won't get that for a while," Mr Turner said.
Meanwhile Murrurundi has been on level six water restrictions since July 2018 due to the drought.
