Talk:Colorado River Compact

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The article reports 7.5 million acre feet per year as 293 m³/s. But something seems terribly wrong. An acre feet (of water) is a measure of volume. Meters cubed per second (m³/s) is not a measure of volume. Note that 7.5 million acre foot = 9.25111378 × 10^9 m^3. What am I missing? Wendell 02:42, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

million acre feet per year (volume/time) is not a volume its a flow just like (m^3/s) (volume/time). if you change 9.251 * 10^9 (m^3/year) into (m^3/s)by dividing by the number of seconds there are ina year you have 293 (m^3/s) exactly what was stated. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.138.64.211 (talk) 01:13, 2 May 2008 (UTC)