acre-foot
noun
: the volume (as of irrigation water) that would cover one acre to a depth of one foot
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Lake Mead is the largest reservoir in the U.S., with a capacity of nearly 29 million acre-feet of water.
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Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 May 2025
For context, Western U.S. households tend to consume about half an acre-foot of water every year.
—Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 27 May 2025
The researchers estimated that pumping from wells has drained about 34 cubic kilometers, or 28 million acre-feet, of groundwater in the watershed since 2003 — more than twice the amount of water that has been depleted from the river’s reservoirs during that time.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2025
Lake Mead is the largest reservoir in the U.S., with a capacity of nearly 29 million acre-feet of water.
—Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 May 2025
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Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 May 2025
For context, Western U.S. households tend to consume about half an acre-foot of water every year.
—Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 27 May 2025
The researchers estimated that pumping from wells has drained about 34 cubic kilometers, or 28 million acre-feet, of groundwater in the watershed since 2003 — more than twice the amount of water that has been depleted from the river’s reservoirs during that time.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2025
Lake Mead is the largest reservoir in the U.S., with a capacity of nearly 29 million acre-feet of water.
—Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 May 2025
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“Acre-foot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/acre-foot. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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