acre-foot
noun
: the volume (as of irrigation water) that would cover one acre to a depth of one foot
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For reference, the basin states have the collective right to 15 million acre-feet per year, while Mexico receives an allocation of 1.5 million acre-feet.
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Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 2 Apr. 2025
The river is over-allocated by up to 4 million acre-feet a year, said Mark Gold, director of water scarcity solutions at the Natural Resources Defense Council.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 2 Apr. 2025
Boosting reuse rates to 50 percent could raise that savings to 1.3 million acre-feet annually.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
Together, these two reservoirs now contain about 7 million acre-feet of water.
—Calmatters, Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2025
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Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 2 Apr. 2025
The river is over-allocated by up to 4 million acre-feet a year, said Mark Gold, director of water scarcity solutions at the Natural Resources Defense Council.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 2 Apr. 2025
Boosting reuse rates to 50 percent could raise that savings to 1.3 million acre-feet annually.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
Together, these two reservoirs now contain about 7 million acre-feet of water.
—Calmatters, Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2025
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“Acre-foot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/acre-foot. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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