Robert Andrews - US Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board
Robert Andrews - US Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board
Robert Andrews - US Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board
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Time Out for a Comparison of Commonly<br />
Used Volumetric Flow Units<br />
• One million gallons per day = 1,100 Acre-foot per year<br />
• One million gallons per day = 1.4 million m 3 /yr<br />
• One acre-foot per year = 1250 m 3 /yr<br />
• One acre-inch = 27,000 gallons<br />
• Average water consumption in Las Vegas is about 20,000<br />
gallons per month per household or about 1000 m 3 /yr (a<br />
little less than one acre-foot/year)<br />
• 3,000 acre-feet/year (3.7 million m 3 /yr) is the annual water<br />
demand by the reasonably maximally exposed individual<br />
specified in 10 CFR 63.312<br />
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