This page is under the document review.Historically, functionality for modelling Farm Dams in Source was available through the FarmDams plugin. This Functionality was moved to core Source in Source version 5.30. While the implementation between the plugin and the core version might differ slightly, the principles and logic are the same - for each dam, Source conducts a water balance, considering inflows, rainfall, evaporation, seepage, water usage (demand), and overflow (spill) components in each time step.
Scale
This node is treated as a point location even though the farm dam represented may have large dimensions. It can then be considered to be site scale. It is used at every model time step.
Principal developer
Sinclair Knight Merz (SKM) and the Western Australian Department of Water (DoW); eWater Solutions.
Scientific provenance
The water balance in the farm dam has been used from the earliest days of engineering hydrology.
Version
Source version 5.30