Rationing Tool

About Rationing

A rationing plan is used to apply a restriction on the availability of river water, and optionally stored water, during a rationing period. Customers who have ordered water during this period have the option to top up their orders using stored water. Customers are allocated to a Water Restriction Group so that rationing can be independently configured for different groups of customers.

If rationing of river water is required, use the Rationing module to:

  • Create a rationing plan
  • Specify the flow rates available to each of the Water Restriction Groups
  • Allocate stored water according to both availability of water, and customer preference.

Rubicon DMS will calculate and record the usage of each water component based on the finalised order.

Note

It is also possible to create a restriction plan that applies only to stored water and uses a stored water participation mode. This is not enabled by default and this documentation assumes that it is not enabled. See Restricting Stored Water for more details.