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acre-foot

Unit sometimes used to measure large volumes of water, such as the capacity of a reservoir (equal to its area in acres multiplied by its average depth in feet). One acre-foot equals 1,233.5 cu m/43,560 cu ft or the amount of water covering one acre to a depth of one foot.



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It is projected the demand for water will reach approximately 389,000 acre-feet annually by the year 2035, but the projected supply will only be about 191,000 acre-feet.
The initial allocation is 60 percent of Contractors' requested amounts, or 2,465,529 acre-feet, and may increase during the winter months.
The plaintiffs contested the inclusion of 41,000 acre-feet of disputed water in the project's EIR.
 
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