Introduction
There are two key components of rules-based ordering:
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Routed links may gain or lose water due to rainfall, evaporation and groundwater (seepage) as flow does not travel from one end to another instantaneously. You can choose which of these lateral fluxes the ordering system takes into account by enabling the relevant checkbox shown in the node’s feature editor (Figure 1). The data for each of the fluxes is taken from its corresponding item in the hierarchical list. For example, if you enable Use Loss/Gain, Source uses the table specified in Loss/Gain. If you choose Groundwater as one of the fluxes, you must specify a time series for it, which can be imported.
The order coming into the routed link is adjusted to cater for the lateral fluxes over each time-step that the ordered flow spends in the link.
Figure 1. Link (Ordering)
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| Note: Changes in link storage volume are not forecasted over the order period, as it does in the storage node. So, where there are significant jumps in the volume ordered, there may be insufficient water stored in the link to achieve the required downstream flow to meet orders. |
Ordering with ownership
When ownership is enabled in Source, every water order is associated with an owner and is generally supplied using that owner’s water. Where there is insufficient water to supply an owner’s order at any location, and another owner has water surplus to their requirements, the owner with a deficit may borrow water from the owner with surplus to help meet demand (Borrow and Payback Systems, Distribution Systems).
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| Note: The ordering phase needs to consider the ownership of losses and gains such that when the order reaches a storage, the correct volume of each owners’ water is released. It also needs to consider ownership of maximum and minimum order constraints. |