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Water Equivalents 

1 cubic foot = 7.48 gallons = 62.4 lbs. of water
1 acre-foot = 43,560 cubic feet = 325,851 gallons
*An acre-foot covers one acre of land one foot deep
1 cubic foot per second (cfs) = 449 gallons per minute
1 cfs = 646,315 gallons per day
For 24 hours = 2.0 acre-feet
For 30 days = 59.5 acre-feet
For 1 year = 724 acre-feet
*One cfs fills a space of one cubic foot in one second
40 miner’s inches = 1cfs in Nevada/Oregon
1 million gallons = 3.07 acre-feet
1 million gallons per day (mgd) = 1,122 acre-feet per year
1,000 gallons per minute (gpm) = 2.23 cfs
1,000 gpm = 4.42 acre-feet per day

 

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