Triggers. The drought triggers are presented in the below table. They have been defined based on: - Groundwater level: characteristics of the abstraction system (pump level and well depth) - Reservoir level: operational philosophy and water retention capacity - Customer demand: peak demand and maximum Deployable Output (DO) Level 1 - Normal Groundwater level above 90m AOD* Reservoir level reaching low threshold Customer demand < 8.4 ML/d Level 2 - Developing Drought Groundwater level above 90m and below 75m AOD* Reservoir level dropping below the low threshold over less than a week Customer demand at 8.4 ML/d Level 3 - Drought Groundwater level below 75m AOD* Reservoir level dropping below the low threshold over less than 36 hours Customer demand at 8.4 ML/d Level 4 - Severe Drought Groundwater level below 30m AOD* Reservoir level dropping below the low threshold over less than 24 hours Customer demand at 8.4 ML/d
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Sources: Drought Management Plan
Triggers. The drought triggers are presented in the below table. They have been defined based on: - Groundwater level: characteristics of the abstraction system (pump level and well depth) - Reservoir level: operational philosophy and water retention capacity - Customer demand: peak demand and maximum Deployable Output (DO) Level 1 - Normal Groundwater level above 90m AOD* Reservoir level reaching low threshold Customer demand < 8.4 ML/d Level 2 - Developing Drought Groundwater level above 90m and below 75m AOD* Reservoir level dropping below the low threshold over less than a week Customer demand at between 8 ML/d and 8.4 ML/d Level 3 - Drought Groundwater level below 75m AOD* Reservoir level dropping below the low threshold over less than 36 hours Customer demand at between 8 ML/d and 8.4 ML/d Level 4 - Severe Drought Groundwater level below 30m AOD* Reservoir level dropping below the low threshold over less than 24 hours Customer demand at between 8 ML/d and 8.4 ML/d
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Sources: Drought Management Plan