NOUN
- the volume of water that would cover 1 acre to a depth of 1 foot; 43,560 cubic feet or 1233.5 cubic meters
How To Use acre-foot In A Sentence
- Right now, the value of the water on the ranch for irrigating livestock feed is about $ 160 an acre-foot.
- At $5 to $15 for an acre-foot (enough water to cover an acre of ground with a foot of water), farmers are able to grow water-intensive crops such as alfalfa, cotton, and rice.
- I'd guess anywhere from ten to fifteen million acre-foot of water a year is flowing down there. INCA GOLD
- Our first project after we graded the road was to dig a 10-acre-foot pond.