IDWRWater District 29DLower Portneuf River

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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

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