What is an acre-foot and what is the exact amount of water required to cover an acre of land to the depth of one foot?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from Acres v. Beaumont, 118 Cal.Rptr.3d 182, 190 Cal.App.4th 316 (Cal. App. 2011):

4 An acre-foot is 43,560 cubic feet, or the quantity of water required to cover an acre of land to a depth of one foot. ( Brydon v. East Bay Mun. Utility Dist. (1994) 24 Cal.App.4th 178, 182, fn. 1, 29 Cal.Rptr.2d 128.)

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