Type of indicator
Qualitative
Relative dimension and aggregated criteria
Environmental sustainability: Abiotic resources conservation: Water use
Description
This indicator estimates water consumption of the dairy herd per kg of FPCM produced. It includes drinking and cleaning water during housing and grazing periods. As water is a limited resource, it is an important parameter to consider when evaluating abiotic resources conservation efforts. This indicator can be directly recorded at the farm level. Alternatively, it can be estimated with the LCA method based on recorded diets and information about the farm’s milking parlour. It is adapted from Van Calker et al. (2004).
Unit
L/kg of milk
Indicator interpretation
Higher values indicate larger negative impacts on the environment.
Scale definition
| Reference values
(L/kg of milk) |
Scales | Dexi interpretation | References | |
| 3.65 | <3.5 | Low | + | Based on (Krauß et al., 2016) |
| 3.94 | [3.5; 3.9[ | Low to medium | ||
| 4.23 | [3.9; 4.4] | Medium to high | ||
| > 4.4 | High | – | ||
References
Adapted from (Van Calker et al., 2004)