E-18 Quiz: How many gallons a day is 3,660 cubic feet per second?

As shown in our Log-O-Meter photo earlier today, Rock Creek is currently flowing @ 3,660 cubic feet per second.  In all of the years of my doing Extravaganzas, I simply have taken this flow rate and similar numbers at face value—a barometer reading, if you would, to be compared to other similar readings…until this morning, that is, when I did the math and, frankly, the results are mind boggling.

 

Here is the calculation: 

1. I cubic foot of water equals 7.48 gallons of water. 
2. 3,360 cubic feet of water equals 27,376 gallons—the amount of water per second currently flowing in Rock Creek.
3. 3,360 gallons per second x 60 seconds = 1,643,608 gallons per minute.
4. 1,643,608 gallons per minute x 60 minutes = 98,556,480 gallons per hour
5. 98,556,480 gallons per hour x 24 hours = 2.365 BILLION gallons per day, today!!

 

WOW!!!

 

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