Water Security

The water orb

The 💧 Water security circle in the Farm Pulse bar shows stored water as a percentage of capacity (for example 20 of 40 is 50%). It turns to a warning under 50% and is critical under 25% or whenever the map has a water shortfall. Tap it to open the Water Security Center.

Capacity

Water in

• Rain: about 8 units per inch each week.
• Each Well: 12 units per week (plus 8 if your Operations infrastructure includes a well).
• A working Drip Irrigation upgrade: 3 units per week.
• Guided farms: +4 recovery water when you are under 8.

Water out

The Farm Map's water outlook

The Farm Map shows a Three-week water outlook. It is a game scenario (not live weather) that only changes the map's weekly water budget; real temperatures, frost and field damage come from the farm weather. Each outlook adds or removes stored water that week:

Shortfall

If weekly demand is more than the water available, the difference is your shortfall. The Water Security Center shows stored water, capacity, mapped demand and shortfall, and lists ways to improve, from closing the shortfall and adding a dependable water source to installing drip lines and increasing storage.

Tips

• Add storage before you add more rows.
• A Farm Conditions critical notice fires when water allocation crosses into a critical level.

See also