acre-foot
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The acre-foot is a non-SI unit of volume equal to about commonly used in the western United States in reference to large-scale water resources, such as reservoirs, aqueducts, canals, sewer flow capacity, irrigation water, and river flows.
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The acre-foot is a non-SI unit of volume equal to about commonly used in the western United States in reference to large-scale water resources, such as reservoirs, aqueducts, canals, sewer flow capacity, irrigation water, and river flows.
An acre-foot equals the volume of water needed to fill approximately an eight-lane swimming pool, long, wide and deep.
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