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This project is part funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) as part of the South East ERDF Competitiveness Programme 2007 – 2013 Responding to the water challenge { Melvyn Kay UK Irrigation Association www.ukia.org

People generally have little appreciation of the water required to produce our food This project is part funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) as part of the South East ERDF Competitiveness Programme 2007 – 2013

Globally agriculture consumes 70% of water all withdrawals Typical European diet requires 3,500 litres/day Food needs a lot of water This project is part funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) as part of the South East ERDF Competitiveness Programme 2007 – 2013

Typical water footprint… Potatoes 1 lt/portion  0.2 lt Hot water  5 lt to grow the tea Rice 180 lt/portion  18 lt to grow the grass Pasta 2 lt/portion  9.2 lt to grow the cane Water Tea Sugar Total 32.4 litres Milk Source: Dr Tim Hess, Canfield University This project is part funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) as part of the South East ERDF Competitiveness Programme 2007 – 2013

UK water withdrawals for agriculture are only 1-2% So what’s the problem? Irrigation in UK This project is part funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) as part of the South East ERDF Competitiveness Programme 2007 – 2013

Where we use water… This project is part funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) as part of the South East ERDF Competitiveness Programme 2007 – 2013

80 60 40 20 Agriculture Industry 0 Households Total volume Our water comes from … (km 3 ) This project is part funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) as part of the South East ERDF Competitiveness Programme 2007 – 2013

80 60 40 20 Agriculture Industry 0 Households Total Internal volume Our water comes from … (km 3 ) This project is part funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) as part of the South East ERDF Competitiveness Programme 2007 – 2013

80 60 40 20 Agriculture Industry 0 Households Total Internal volume Imported Our water comes from … (km 3 ) This project is part funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) as part of the South East ERDF Competitiveness Programme 2007 – 2013

Use existing supplies wisely Irrigation strategy… This project is part funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) as part of the South East ERDF Competitiveness Programme 2007 – 2013

Precision irrigation? This project is part funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) as part of the South East ERDF Competitiveness Programme 2007 – 2013

This project is part funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) as part of the South East ERDF Competitiveness Programme 2007 – 2013 Benchmarking… http://79.170.40.182/iukdirectory.com/benchmarking/index.php

Build reservoirs Form abstractor groups Irrigation strategy… This project is part funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) as part of the South East ERDF Competitiveness Programme 2007 – 2013

This project is part funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) as part of the South East ERDF Competitiveness Programme 2007 – 2013 Keep up to date www.ukia.org • Website • Newsletters • Journal • Email news

Thank you This project is part funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) as part of the South East ERDF Competitiveness Programme 2007 – 2013