One
acre-inch of water equals 27,154 gallons - per week!
Vigil gets farmers' attention when he tells them that storing water in just the top inch of an acre of land--an "
acre-inch"--is worth $25 to $30 an acre.
An
acre-inch of water contains 43,560 [ft.sub.2] (4046.7 [m.sup.2]) / 12 in per ft= 3,630 cu ft.
In the agricultural areas of the western states, water is measured and sold by the
acre-inch. There are approximately 25,000 gallons in an
acre-inch.
That's about 1 pound of powder per
acre-inch of water.
Using an accepted figure of 25,000 gallons per
acre-inch, some 60,000 gallons of water per acre fell on our property from this past storm.
Production year water use gradually decreased from 80
acre-inches per acre in 1969 to 36
acre-inches by 1996 as drip irrigation became the standard.
