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Water Conversion Factors

1 cubic foot of water …………….………..7.4805 gallons……………….……62.37 pounds of water

1 cubic foot per second (CFS)……………448.83 gallons per minute…..…...26,930 gallons per hour

1 cubic foot per second (CFS)……………646,315 gallons per day.…………1.935 acre-feet per day

1 cubic foot per second (CFS)…...…for 30 days = 59.502 acre feet…....for 1 year = 723.94 acre-feet

1 acre foot…………………….............………….enough water to cover 1 acre of land one foot deep

1 acre foot…………………………………………….……………………………..43,560 cubic feet

1 acre foot……………………………………………………………………………..325,850 gallons

1 cubic meter per second………...….………35.31 CFS……....….……….15,850 gallons per minute

1 million gallons……………………………………………….….………..………….3.069 acre-feet

1 million gallons a day (MGD)……………………………......…………1,120,147 acre-feet per year

1 miner’s inch…………………………………..9 gallons per minute…….............………..0.02 CFS