Water withdrawal for livestock (watering and cleaning)

Annual quantity of water withdrawn for livestock purposes (watering, cleaning, dairy operations, other on-farm needs). It includes water from renewable freshwater resources, as well as water from over-abstraction of renewable groundwater or withdrawal of fossil groundwater, direct use of agricultural drainage water and (treated) wastewater, and desalinated water. It includes livestock watering, sanitation, cleaning of stables, etc. Depending on the country, water withdrawn for livestock sometimes is included in municipal water withdrawal. As far as livestock watering is concerned the ratio between net consumptive use and water withdrawn is estimated between 60 and 90 percent.