Definition of FEN. : low land that is covered wholly or partly with water unless artificially drained and that usually has peaty alkaline soil and characteristic flora (as of sedges and reeds).
The average American family uses more than 300 gallons of. water per day at home. Roughly 70 percent of this use occurs. indoors. In addition, there are other miscellaneous uses of water in the house which may be very significant, depending on the. degree of water conservation by the household.
But what is an acre-foot? One acre-foot equals about 326,000 gallons, or enough water to cover an acre of land, about the size of a football field, one foot deep. An average California household uses between one-half and one acre-foot of water per year for indoor and outdoor use. California receives about 193 million acre-feet of water each year as precipitation (rain and snow), but there is great variability between regions.