WATER restrictions won't be applied to households across the Border this summer despite the dry conditions.
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The ability of North East Water and Albury Council to carryover entitlements from last year means those organisations are not having to implement limits.
North East Water managing director Craig Heiner said "despite the hot and dry forecast, we've started with relatively good storage levels and were able to access unused allocations from last summer".
"We're not foreshadowing the need to ration supply, it's about conservation of supply," Mr Heiner said.
"Ninety per cent (of customers) are along on the journey and doing a great job, there are very few that are inefficient and wasting water and they're the ones we need to work with."
Mr Heiner said his organisation's new website www.waterwise.tips had advice for usage and data on individual towns outlook and consumption.
Albury councillor David Thurley said his city was in a similar position to North East Water in having an ample allocation of water and restrictions would not be applying.
However, he stressed the need for smart water use by householders.
"It's critical because the Hume Dam is at a fairly low level and the outlook is bad," Cr Thurley said.
He said while most people were thoughtful about water use he was disappointed to see a man cleaning his driveway with a high pressure washer on Tuesday.
Cr Thurley suggested if residents have concerns about water wasters they can notify council which in turn may drop off a letter with pointers for better behaviour.
Mr Heiner said the Murray Valley Highway plant was little altered since it opened in the 1950s and the changes would allow it to treat an extra 70 megalitres annually by 2040.
Work is expected to begin in the first half of next year and be completed by early 2021.
Mr Heiner said without replacing the existing methodology by switching to a lagoon treatment process the "plant would be more and more prone to odour events".
Treated wastewater from the Tallangatta site is used for irrigated agriculture.
Mr Heiner said that meant it was beneficial to keep nitrogen and phosphorus in the end product whereas those elements had to be much lower with Wodonga's treated wastewater which flowed to the Murray River.
