On Tue, 23 Jan 2007 00:47:16 GMT, Doug Miller
wrote:

In article ,
says...

Around here Acre Foot is quite common (about 326,000 gallons, 1233 cubic
meters).

Baloney. What water utility measures *residential* water usage in acre-
feet?? Agricultural or industrial, perhaps. But residential? No way.

That also happens to be a approximate amount that a family of
4 uses in a year.

Baloney again. Do the math.

No, wait, here, I'll do it for you, since you're obviously "challenged"
in that area.

1 a-f = 326000 gallons (you did get that part right -- but that's all)
326000 gallons in a year = 892 gallons PER DAY
Now divide by 4 people...

223 gallons PER PERSON PER DAY.


That's not far of for water-district budgeting purposes...
For instance:

"...Similarly, while Austin's average gallons per capita per day is
180, the dry year gallons per capita per day used for determining
future demand is 221 (occurring in 1984). ..."

But that's total water use for everything, not household
water use. Whats the design value for septic systems,
120 gallons/bedroom/day, or 60 gallons/person?