1. The annual recharge to this natural ground-water reservoir from the surrounding mountains is at least 700, 000 acre-feet.

2. In 1962, the total amount of federally built reservoir storage in the nation was somewhere around 300 million acre-feet.

3. An acre-foot is enough water to supply the needs of a family of four for a year.

4. Even at $19 per acre-foot, $19 is not the cost of the water; it is simply the cost to deliver the water.

5. Right now, the value of the water on the ranch for irrigating livestock feed is about $ 160 an acre-foot.

6. The price for farmers there is a flat rate of $19 per acre-foot, or $19 for 325, 851 gallons of water.