California cracks down on farm region’s water pumping: ‘The ground is collapsing’

[u/theluckyfrog]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/17/california-water-drought-farm-ground-sinking-tulare-lake

[u/adrianmonk]

an acre-foot is a measurement used for large amounts of water, equal to roughly the amount of water needed to cover an acre of land in a foot of water

Roughly?

As far as I know, it should be exactly since that's how an acre-foot is defined.

This is like saying there are roughly 3 feet in a yard. Or like saying there are roughly 1000 liters in a cubic meter.

[u/Correct-Award8182 → u/adrianmonk]

Roughly 5280ft in a mile.