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