Show WATER TERMS which are used in irrigation technicalities cali calit ties les As there does not appear to be a clear understanding by most people of many of 0 the terms used in connection with irrigation the following by charles L stevenson hydraulic engineer denning defining the meaning of each such el expressions and and giving the comparative values ie is useful irrigation water is measured generally by the cubic toot foot by the galion gallon or by miners mineral inches the id duty vi of water means the area of I 1 land upon which a definite volume of water applied during a given period will successfully maiee alae c chopa r a thug thus the average duty in in ut utah a h 0 of one 8 cubic cable foot per second during a period of daye days ie 18 acrea acres one oas cubic foot per second ie Is a Ise second coad foot the tile acre foot loot is the equivalent of one a acre ra covered one foot deep or cubic feet the miners mineral inch ie is a variable quantity depending upon the head above the one inch orifice of discharge it varies from a four inch bead head to a bit six inch bead head and is not a commendable unit of measure thus there are fifty miners mineral inches to a cubic toot foot per second california measurement ur and about forty miners mineral inches colorado measurement one cubic toot contains 7 united states gallons of inches cubic feet 1 cubic foot per sac second equals 2 acre ere feet in 24 ho baars boars a ra 60 acre feet in 30 days acre feet eat in 3 months acre feet in I 1 year 75 gallons per second gallons per minute 60 50 california inches cut colorado orado inches california inches loo Cali california forn a inches equals 4 acre feet in 24 hour boa re 1 acre foot in 6 hours acre feet I 1 in 30 days ago acre feet in 3 months month 9 1440 acre feet in I 1 year 15 gallons per second gallons per minute 77 colorado inches 2 cubic feet per see ond and colorado hinchee colorado inches equals 6 5 16 1 6 acre feet in 24 hours I 1 acre foot in 42 honre hours acre feet in la 1 month acre feet in 3 months 1860 acre feet in I 1 year 1950 gallons per second 1170 gallons per minute 26 ag cubic feet per second california inches |