Elko County Nevada Water Resource Management Plan 2007

WATER EQUIVALENT TABLE
1 cubic foot = 7.48 gallons = 62.4 pounds of water
1 acre-foot = 43,560 cubic feet = 325,851 gallons
1 cubic foot per second (cfs) = 449 gallons per minute (gpm)
1 cfs for 24 hours = 1.9835 acre-feet
1 cfs for 30 days = 59.5 acre-feet
1 cfs for 1 year = 724 acre-feet
1 million gallons = 3.07 acre-feet
1 million gallons per day (mgd) = 1,120 acre-feet per year = 1.55 cubic feet per second
1,000 gallons per minute = 4.42 acre-feet per day
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