Gallons per Day The BorderTransportationSystem will be delivering water each day to farms, homes, industrial parks, towns, stations, and fisheries.  "One cubic foot holds 7.48 gallons of water, and one acre measures 43,560 square feet. Irrigating a full acre to a depth of 3.5 feet over one growing season would consume 1,140,401 gallons of water." Per Wall Street Journal Index of ... EPA - Household Water use A Fish Farmer's Guide to Understanding Water Quality Industrial Water Use Estimates TLV Water Flow Calculator LMNO Engineering, Research, and Software, Ltd. LMNO Engineering, Research, and Software, Ltd. USDA Economic Research Service USGS Irrigation water use study