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> 12 acre feet of water rights on 58 acres Could you explain these terms better? How does that work? Thanks!
by redblacktree 9y ago
> 12 acre feet of water rights on 58 acres
Could you explain these terms better? How does that work? Thanks!
- danielvf 9y agoAn acre foot is a volume of water one acre, one foot deep, used over a year. In gallons, that’s 325,851 gallons per year per acre foot. The poster then can use about 4 million gallons of water per year for his land. When spread out over this amount of land, that’s about 66% of the amount of water needed for a suburban grass lawn in a hot climate.
- TheSpiceIsLife 9y agoNot parent, but thanks for the detailed response. One thing though: > that’s about 66% of the amount of water needed for a suburban grass lawn in a hot climate I'm not sure how to related to this. If a person wanted to grow food in a hot climate they'd probably build tunnels or shaded houses or some such, or grow olives or some other food plant suited to the conditions, using drip irrigation. Where as a suburban lawn is typically exposed to direct sun light and watered in a typically less than optimal way.