What Is This Tool?
This unit converter transforms flow measurements from acre-foot/day, a large volumetric flow unit used in irrigation and water management, to ounce/minute, a smaller scale flow rate used for accurate dosing and dispensing.
How to Use This Tool?
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Enter the value in acre-foot/day that you want to convert.
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Select the target unit as ounce/minute (oz/min).
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Click convert to see the equivalent flow rate in ounces per minute.
Key Features
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Converts flow rates from acre-foot/day to ounce/minute clearly and accurately.
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Supports applications in agriculture, water resources, manufacturing, and food service.
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Browser-based and easy to use without installation.
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Helps relate large-scale water flow volumes to precise dispensing rates.
Examples
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2 acre-foot/day = 57929.374574644 ounce/minute
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0.5 acre-foot/day = 14482.343643661 ounce/minute
Common Use Cases
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Specifying irrigation delivery rates for agricultural water allocations.
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Reporting inflows and outflows in water resources planning and management.
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Sizing surface-water withdrawals for municipal or industrial use.
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Dosing small liquid additives from pumps measured in fluid ounces per minute.
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Measuring syrup or beverage dispensing rates in food service or laboratories.
Tips & Best Practices
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Ensure you confirm the type of ounce (mass vs. fluid) depending on your flow context.
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Use this conversion to relate large volume water flows to smaller precise output rates.
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Consider the scale of your process to avoid working with impractically large numbers.
Limitations
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Assumes ounce/minute refers to volumetric flow and may vary with fluid density for mass flow.
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Acre-foot/day is a very large unit, so resulting numbers in ounce/minute are often very large.
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Not ideal for very small scale flows without additional scaling or adjustments.
Frequently Asked Questions
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What does acre-foot/day measure?
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It measures how much volume flows each day equivalent to one acre area covered by one foot of water.
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Is ounce/minute for mass or volume flow?
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It can refer to either mass or volumetric flow, but this tool assumes volumetric flow using fluid ounces.
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Why are the converted values so large?
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Because acre-foot/day is a large volume unit, converting it to ounces per minute results in very large numbers.
Key Terminology
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Acre-foot/day [ac*ft/d]
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A volumetric flow rate unit representing the volume of one acre-foot delivered or removed per day.
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Ounce/minute [oz/min]
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A unit expressing flow rate as ounces passing a point each minute, either in mass or fluid volume depending on context.