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<br />Water in Reservoirs
<br />- Stored water and reservoir water is commonly measured in acre-feet,
<br />- An acre is a square unit 208.21 ft x 208.21 ft = 43,560.0 ft2,
<br />- One foot deep equals 43560,00 ft3 which is also 325,85 I gallons and also 7,758
<br />barrels,
<br />- One inch per hour of runoff from one acre equals one CFS and a flow of one CFS
<br />for one day equals 1.98 acre feet. (AF /D),
<br />- A football field is 45,000 square ft (ft2) which is just over an acre,
<br />- A small reservoir could hold a few thousand acre-feet,
<br />- Large reservoirs such as Horsetooth, Blue Mesa, and Pueblo can each hold many
<br />million acre-feet.
<br />- On an individual basis, Coloradans using I SO gallons per day would use
<br />approximately one acre-foot every six years, The average urban family uses
<br />approximately one acre-foot per year,
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<br />Water Facts.
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<br />It takes:
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<br />7 -9 gallons per minute for a shower
<br />188,500 gallons to make a ton of paper
<br />770 gallons to refine one barrel of petroleum
<br />600,000 gallons to make a ton of synthetic rubber
<br />25,000 gallons to make a ton of steel
<br />I, I 57 gallons to make one bushel of wheat
<br />300 gallons to make one loaf of bread
<br />4,000 gallons to provide one pound of beef
<br />22 gallons to grow one pound of potatoes
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<br />Water is:
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<br />92% of your blood plasma
<br />80% of your muscle tissue
<br />60% of your red blood cells
<br />50% of most other body tissue
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<br />Gallons of water needed per millon BTUs (heat units) produced:
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<br />Nuclear powered generating plants, , , , . . , 78-202
<br />Coal fired generating plants, , , , , , , , , 52-132
<br />Coal gasification or liquefaction, , , , , , . 13-62
<br />Coal slurry pipeline. . . , , , , , . , . , , 12
<br />Hydroelectric dams, , , , , , , . , , , , , , -0-
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<br />.Material from the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District, the Colorado
<br />River Water Conservation District, and the Colorado River Water Users Association.
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