Water Supply

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Water resources model for England and Wales.

Inputs

description	name	unit	dims	dtype
Public water demand	water_demand	Ml/day	[‘water_resource_zones’]	float
Reservoir storage levels	reservoir_levels	Ml	[‘water_supply/reservoir_names’]	float
Stream flows	flows_data	Ml/day	[‘water_supply/days_into_year’, ‘water_supply/flow_file_column_names’]	float
Irrigation demand	irrigations_data	Ml/day	[‘water_supply/days_into_year’, ‘water_supply/irrigations_cams_names’, ‘water_supply/irrigations_file_column_names’]	float
Borehole data	borehole_data	Ml/day	[‘water_supply/months_into_year’, ‘water_supply/borehole_names’]	float

Parameters

description	name	unit	dims	dtype
Nonpublic water demand	nonpublic_water_demand	Ml/day	[‘water_supply/cams_names’, ‘water_supply/nonpublic_use_codes’]	float
Demand profiles	demand_profiles	None	[‘water_supply/days_into_year’, ‘water_supply/demand_profile_zones’]	float

Outputs

description	name	unit	dims	dtype
Reservoir storage levels (this is used as input to the next timestep)	reservoir_levels	Ml	[‘water_supply/reservoir_names’]	float
Daily reservoir levels	water_supply_reservoir_daily_volumes	Ml	[‘water_supply/days_into_year’, ‘water_supply/reservoir_names’]	float
Global variables (including level of service for Water Resource Zones)	water_supply_global_variables	Unknown/possibly variable	[‘water_supply/days_into_year’, ‘water_supply/global_variable_names’]	float
Demand as modelled	water_supply_requested_demand	Ml	[‘water_supply/days_into_year’, ‘water_supply/demand_nodes’]	float
Shortfall	water_supply_shortfall	Ml	[‘water_supply/days_into_year’, ‘water_supply/demand_nodes’]	float