Commercial water carters which tap into the local-government owned water supply system are working flat out as the prolonged dry continues.

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For water carters like Damon Allport from Top Water Carters he has been busy supplying water across the entire district.

In any given year, his company would supply up to 144,000 litres per week to customers, he is presently providing around 96,000 litres per day. He has been fully booked in advance until Christmas Eve.

Each delivery is around 12,000 litres. He is providing between six to eight rural properties per day with domestic use, water needed for drinking, or bore water for farmers to water their stock, Mr Allport said.

A spokesperson from Divall's Earthmoving and Bulk Haulage said there's a huge amount of work.

Divall's have doubled their workload in the Upper Lachlan Shire. They are currently operating two water trucks providing around 200,000 litres per day. They have also been booked out for a week in advance.

"It's hard to keep up," a spokesperson for the company said.

The company usually operates a single water truck at this time of year but decided to put on two to keep up with the demand. They have also started supplying farmers with stock water.

Domestic use water, drinking water, is supplied by the dam at Crookwell which usually services around 1500 properties per day to residences on reticulated water, with an average daily use of 1.5 megalitres. It has the capacity to store 450 megalitres of water, the capacity of 180 Olympic size swimming pools, while the treatment plant can treat 4 megalitres per day.

Commercial operators and residents can gain access to drinking water for a fee, but its availability depends on any water restrictions and demand at the time of the request.

While, the standpipe at Crookwell which is accessed at Kennedy Street, Crookwell is drawn from an underground bore. The standpipe is for the use of local rural property holders for livestock or gardening, for example.

Commercial operators, like road construction companies and wind farms, can access the standpipe and water for a fee of $1000 for access and the water drawn is metered at $8.22 per 1000 litres.