Wednesday, 27 March 2013

Acre-foot


This is the volume of water that would cover one acre of land to a depth of one foot, equivalent to 325,851 gallons of water. An acre-foot is the basic measure of agriculture water use. Water withdrawn for irrigation from ground and surface sources totals about 150 maf (million acre-feet) of water annually.

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