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Farm Water Reused Fraction

Normalize an explicit reused-water volume to compatible total recorded water volume.

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Description

Calculate reused water as a fraction of total farm water.

Farm sustainability accounting needs explicit resource units, system boundaries, reference periods and source versions. A reused-water or renewable-energy share uses a declared total, while a soil carbon stock combines depth, bulk density and carbon mass fraction. Local quantities do not by themselves establish environmental benefit, additionality, certification or comparable life-cycle impacts.

Calculate reused water as a fraction of total farm water.

When to use this tool

Use Farm Water Reused Fraction when you already have reusedWaterVolume, totalWaterVolume and need to calculate reused water as a fraction of total farm water.

How to use the tool and how it works

  1. Enter reusedWaterVolume, totalWaterVolume. Use the units and conventions below.
  2. Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
  3. Read fraction, remainder. Use the output convention below.

Require total water>0 and reused amount within total; return reused/total and total-reused.1

Input fieldMeaning and unitsAccepted input
reusedWaterVolumeReused Water VolumeRequired. Finite number; minimum 0.
totalWaterVolumeTotal Water VolumeRequired. Finite number; strictly above 0.
Output fieldInterpretationReturned shape
fractionFractionRequired. Finite number.
remainderRemainderRequired. Finite number.
json
{
  "input": {
    "reusedWaterVolume": 30,
    "totalWaterVolume": 120
  },
  "output": {
    "fraction": 0.25,
    "remainder": 90
  }
}

Limitations and assumptions

  • The accounting basis is supplied; quality, double counting, water availability and suitability of reuse are not assessed.
  • Inputs must satisfy both the field types and the cross-field conditions above. Invalid input causes an error; a successful false flag or documented placeholder is a different result.
  • Numeric calculations use binary floating point unless exact decimal-integer arithmetic is explicitly stated. No hidden measurement tolerance or decimal rounding is added; nonfinite or out-of-contract results are rejected. Numeric signed-zero results are exported as zero.

Alternative or Complementary methods

Use a documented farm inventory with matched system boundaries and reference periods for broader sustainability analysis. For soil carbon, retain the original sampling depth, density, carbon assay and coarse-fragment basis rather than interpreting one layer product as a verified stock change.

References

  1. Calculation and input contract: sustainable-agriculture/farm-water-reused-fraction — tool.io

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