acre-foot
noun
: the volume (as of irrigation water) that would cover one acre to a depth of one foot
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An acre-foot of water is enough to support two Colorado households for a year.
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Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post, 5 Mar. 2025
An acre-foot is 325,851 gallons and 2 million-acre feet equates to more than half of Oroville’s capacity, or about 20% of what Californians consume each year for non-agricultural purposes.
—Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2025
That will mean savings of only 180,000 acre-feet a year by 2030, instead of 750,000 acre-feet under the old rules.
—Ari Plachta, Sacramento Bee, 28 Feb. 2025
The alternative is to commit the funds to other new projects eyeing the money, like Del Puerto Canyon Reservoir, an 82,000 acre-foot reservoir being proposed by the Del Puerto Water District, in Patterson, for the rural hills east of I-5 not far from the Stanislaus-Santa Clara County line.
—Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2025
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Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post, 5 Mar. 2025
An acre-foot is 325,851 gallons and 2 million-acre feet equates to more than half of Oroville’s capacity, or about 20% of what Californians consume each year for non-agricultural purposes.
—Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2025
That will mean savings of only 180,000 acre-feet a year by 2030, instead of 750,000 acre-feet under the old rules.
—Ari Plachta, Sacramento Bee, 28 Feb. 2025
The alternative is to commit the funds to other new projects eyeing the money, like Del Puerto Canyon Reservoir, an 82,000 acre-foot reservoir being proposed by the Del Puerto Water District, in Patterson, for the rural hills east of I-5 not far from the Stanislaus-Santa Clara County line.
—Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2025
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“Acre-foot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/acre-foot. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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