Ireland - Agricultural water withdrawal

0.04 (billion cubic meters per year) in 2020

In 2020, agricultural water withdrawal for Ireland was 0.04 billion cubic meters per year. Between 1994 and 2020, agricultural water withdrawal in Ireland was decreasing on average by 5.41% each year, although before that, it grew from 0.13 billion cubic meters per year in 1980 to 0.18 billion cubic meters per year in 1994.

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What is agricultural water withdrawal?

Annual quantity of water withdrawn for irrigation, livestock and aquaculture purposes. It includes renewable freshwater resources as well as over-abstraction of renewable groundwater or withdrawal of fossil groundwater, use of agricultural drainage water, (treated) wastewater and desalinated water.

What is Ireland agricultural water withdrawal?