Water is a commodity that is transmitted and flows much like electricity. Like electricity, the water industry has their own vocabulary to describe how much, how fast, what capacity, and the overall capability of our system.
To the layman, much of what we do is unfamiliar, especially the words we use to describe how we transmit and measure the water and sewer service we provide.
| 1 cubic foot (cf) | 7.48 gallons |
| 100 cf | 1 unit of water (TCWD bills consumption of water by units) |
| 1 acre foot (af) | 43,560 cf, 325,900 gallons, covers 1 acre of land 1 foot deep, and it supplies the water needs of a family of five for one year. |
| 1 cubic foot per second (cfs) | 450 gallons per minute, 646,360 gallons per day or 1.983 acre-feet, 59.5 acre-feet per month, 724 acre-feet for 1 year |
| 1 million gallons | 3.07 acre feet |
| 1,000 gallons per day (gpd) | 2,122 acre feet per year |
| 1,000 gallons per minute (gpm) | 2.23 cfs |
| At 10¢ per 1,000 gallons | $32.59 per acre foot |
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