Water usage proportions of medium sized farms in the UK 2015/2016

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M. Shahbandeh,
May 6, 2025
This statistic displays the average proportion of water used by medium sized farms in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2015/16. It shows that mains water was the main source of water for medium sized farms, providing 63 percent of the total water used. Two percent came from rainwater storage.
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Average proportion of water used by medium sized farms in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2015/16

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Release date

January 2017

Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

2015 to 2016

Number of respondents

1,786 respondents

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

Water used for all purposes including irrigation, spraying, drinking for livestock and washing down livestock buildings.

Farm sizes are defined through the Standard Labour Requirement (SLR), a theoretical number of workers required each year to run a business, based on its cropping and livestock activities.
This statistic is using original data from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0

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