Dairy Effluent Storage Calculator (DESC)

The DESC contains a database of soil types and 30 years of daily rainfall records for many sites throughout New Zealand.

Use it in conjunction with details and measurements from your farm including farm management and milking practices.

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Using the Dairy Effluent Storage Calculator

Before using the calculator it's important that you first read How to use the Dairy Effluent Storage Calculator as it is easy to misuse. We recommend that you always get a professional to check your storage volume calculations as getting this wrong can be costly.

How-to videos

The short videos below explain all of the input and output tabs and how to correctly enter farm information into the calculator.

• Introduction

• Climate site selection

• Entering effluent block soil risk

• Catchment tab

  Please note: This current training resource relates to a new solids version of the DESC that has had its release delayed. We expect the new version of the DESC to be available soon.

• Irrigation tab

• Solids tab

  Please note: This current training resource relates to a new solids version of the DESC that has had its release delayed. We expect the new version of the DESC to be available soon.

• Storage tab

• Final touches

• Output tabs