KOOL Tool — Regenerative farm design

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STEP 5 · VALIDATE

Does the design hold up?

Short months before

Short months after

✓

Dam sits on gentle ground

Wall site is 3.4%, well under the 12% limit for earth walls.

✓

Catchment fills the dam

107 ha delivers 34,000 m³ in a normal wet season; the dam holds 31,000 m³.

Spillway needs sizing

A 1-in-25-year storm sends 4.1 m³/s through here. An engineer sizes the spillway before construction; outside what this tool does.

Permit required

Storage over 20,000 m³ needs a Water Resources Authority permit. Allow 10 weeks.

✓

Nothing downstream is starved

Design captures 22% of runoff leaving the farm; the environmental limit for this catchment is 30%.

EXPERT REVIEW

Notes on this design

KMKarene M. · reviewed 12 Jun 2026

Overrides are logged

Two tool suggestions were overridden on this design. Each override is recorded with its reason, and becomes training data.

OUTPUTS

Field packFOR THE TEAM

Setting-out map with coordinates, earthworks volumes, build order across three seasons, shapefiles for survey equipment.

Design reportFOR THE LANDOWNER

Design map, cost against water secured, scenarios side by side, year 1, 3 and 5.