Water Productivity Tool

Water Productivity Tool

The water productivity calculation tool below has been developed by the NSW Department of Primary Industries in partnership with the Cotton Research & Development Corporation. Please indicate if you are willing to contribute your data to the Water Productivity Benchmarking Project. All grower data will remain confidential. Data submitted for collection in the Water Productivity Benchmarking Project Survey (funded by the Cotton Research and Development Corporation) is used to benchmark cotton water productivity in Australia to confirm the industry’s ongoing sustainability targets are achieved. All information contributed to the survey will remain confidential. No individual information will be shared beyond the scope of this research project. For more information about how data is collected through the NSW DPI Water Productivity Calculator, contact Ben Crawley at email: ben.crawley@dpi.nsw.gov.au
Do you give permission for your data to be included in MyBMP and industry average calculations? All data is anonymous.
Farm Background Information
1. Select the cotton season.
2. Valley Location
3. Total rainfall over selected season (mm). Alternatively please attach a copy/photo of your rainfall record below.
Rainfall Record Upload

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4. What type of soil best describes the soil on your farm?
This data is for rainfall run-off calculations
5. For soil mapping and climatic data purposes, enter latitude and longitude coordinates from Google Maps. (Optional)

Latitude Longitude
6. What was your total yield for the selected cotton season?
Enter either total bales or bales per hectare.
Irrigation Water Sources

The following questions are used to gather data to calculate the total irrigation water used during the selected cotton season. Please enter volumes in megalitres.
7. Volume (ML) of water extracted from river/creek sources for the selected season.
Include regulated and or unregulated
8. Volume (ML) of groundwater extracted for the selected season.
9. Prior to pumping for the selected season, what was the total volume of water (ML) held in on-farm storage(s) i.e on-farm carry-over water. Do not include water from Questions 3 and 4.
10. Total water (ML) remaining in the storage(s) at the end of the cotton season.
11. Volume (ML) of rainfall runoff, overland flow and floodplain harvesting captured during selected season?
12. Volume (ML), if any, of water used to irrigate other crops over the selected season?
13. Volume (ML), if any, lost to operational losses, blow outs etc.
Please estimate
10. Approximate volume in ML/ha across all fields used to pre-irrigate or water up
If you did not pre-irrigate or water-up at planting enter zero.
Field Data

in this section, add the soil moisture deficit in mm at planting and at picking. If you don't know this value, leave it blank or write 'full' if profile was approximately full or 'empty' if dry. Include refuge crop for area. In the last column please indicate if the field was pre-irrigated, watered up or planted on rainfall.
Additional Field Data

In this section, enter more data about your fields. Information for each column is provided below.

Irrigation System: siphons, bankless, pipes through bank, subsurface drip, centre pivot etc.

Row Configuration: 1m, skip, double skip etc.

Nitrogen Pre-Plant: Nitrogen kg/ha applied to field before planting

Nirtrogen In-Crop: Nitorgen applied to field during season
General Information

The following information is required to return your survey results.
Name

First Name Last Name
Property Name
Email (Enter an email so results can be sent back)
example@example.com
Phone Number (We may need to contact you to clarify information)
Please enter a valid phone number.
Scaled Farm Map (If available)

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Soil Moisture Probe Data (If available)

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Acknowledgements
The Water Productivity Benchmarking Project (DAN2002) is a collaboration between the NSW Department of Primary Industries and the Cotton Research & Development
Corporation.

The NSW DPI would also like to thank MyBMP for their contributions in hosting the project survey.

Copyright

© State of New South Wales through the Department of Industry, 2021. You may copy, distribute and otherwise freely deal with this publication for any purpose, provided that you attribute the NSW Department of Primary Industries as the owner

Disclaimer

Disclaimer: The information contained in this publication is based on knowledge and understanding at the time of writing (March 2021). However, because of advances in knowledge, users are reminded of the need to ensure that information upon which they rely is up to date and to check currency of the information with the appropriate officer of the Department of Primary Industries or the user’s independent adviser.
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