1,233 cubic meters are in an acre foot.
1,233 cubic meters are in an acre foot.
how many cubic meters in an acre foot?
1,233
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in 2008 out of the total treatment capacity of 2.52 billion cubic meters per day, about one third or 0.86 billion cubic meters per day could be treated at the standard of reclaimed water. each plant possesses the capacity to further treat part of its flow for reclamation. the capacities of some plants are not fully used. according to one source, 56% of the reclaimed water was used for power plant cooling, 25% for agricultural irrigation, 16% to replenish watercourses and only 2.5% for non-potable residential uses such as toilet flushing, road cleaning, car washing, fire fighting and the use of water for construction. only 0.5% was used to irrigate parks such as the beijing olympic park. however, another source states that in the same year a much higher share of 47% of the reclaimed water was used for agricultural irrigation, about 30% for environmental reuse, only 20% for industries and 3% for "urban miscellaneous reuses". a third source says that the 2010 target was to reclaim 0.6 billion cubic meters of water (1.64 million cubic meters per day), out of which 50% were for agriculture, 25% for industry including power plant cooling and 25% for non-potable municipal uses without mentioning environmental uses. in 2010, the use of reclaimed water reached 680 million cubic meters per year (1.86 billion cubic meters per day), accounting for 19 percent of the city's water supply. by 2015, the total volume of reclaimed water is planned to be 1 billion cubic meters per year (2.74 million cubic meters per day), bringing the share of reclaimed water to 28%. the above sets of figures are inconsistent with each other, making it hard to find out the actual quantities and shares of reclaimed water.
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