# Tutorial 6: Allocation penalties

To get an overview of Allocation Penalties, please click [here](https://water-strategy.gitbook.io/water-strategy/modelling-fundamentals/allocation-penalty).

To complete these Exercises create a new project called 'Allocation penalty tutorial'. 

Within the project, create a new network for each Exercise and name it the name of the Exercise (e.g. Exercise 1a). Please use the the template below:

#### Pywr child template v1 (March 2021) - flow units in Mm3/day

For these exercises, it might be easier to not include the map in the background.

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For a reminder on how to create a project and new networks click [here](https://water-strategy.gitbook.io/water-strategy/getting-started/creating-a-new-project-and-network).


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