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This document provides conversion factors for various units of measurement used in physical quantities like length, area, volume, flow rates, pressures, temperatures, and weights. It includes conversions between metric and imperial units for linear measures, volumes, pressures and temperatures. Conversion equivalents are given for gallons, liters, cubic feet, pounds and other common units.

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PREFIXES FOR METRIC UNITS centi = 10-2= 1/100 milli = 10-3= 1/1,000 micro = 106= 1/1,000,000 kilo = 103 = 1,000 mega= 106= 1,000,000 giga= 109= 1,000,000,000

LINEAR CONVERSIONS 1 inch (in) = 2.54 centimeters (cm) = 25.4 millimeters (mm) 1 foot (ft) = 12 inches (in) = 30.48 centimeters (cm) = 0.3048 meters (m) 1 centimeter (cm) = 0.3937 inches (in) = 10 millimeters (mm) 1 meter (m) = 100 centimeters (cm) = 39.37 inches (in) = 3.28 feet (ft) 1 micron (,um) = 1 x 10-6 meters (m) = 0.000001 meters (m) = 0.00003937 inches (in).

AREAS 1 square foot (sq.ft or ft2) = 144 square inches (sq.in or in2) 1 acre = 43,560 ft2 1 square mile = 640 acres area of a circle = pi x R2 = 0.785 x D2 (pi =3.1416; R = radius = 1/2 diameter; D = diameter = 2 x radius (in, ft, cm, or m)

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VOLUMES 1 U.S. gallon of water = 4 quarts (qt) = 3.785 liters (1) = 8.337 pounds (lb) = 128 fluid ounces (fl.oz.) = 0.1337 ft3 = 1.201 British imperial gallons = 0.37854 x 10-3 cubic meters (m3) 1 fluid ounce (fl.oz.) of water= 29.573 ml = 29.573 g = 1.04 avoirdupois (weight) ounce 1 liquid cup = 8 fluid ounces = 0.5 pint = 236.584 ml 1 milliliter (ml) = 16 drops (approximately) 1 liter= 0.2642 U.S. gallons = 1.0568 quarts = 1000 cm3 = 0.035313 in2 = 33.815 fluid ounces 1 cubic foot (ft3) = 1728 cubic inches (in3) = 7.485 U.S. gallons = 28.32 liters = 0.02832 m3 1 m3 = 10001iters = 35.315 ft3 = 264.2 U.S. gallons 1 acre-foot (ac-ft) = 325,851 gallons volume of a cylinder = pi R2 x H = 0.785 x D2 x H ( pi = 3.1416; R = radius; D = diameter; H = height (in, ft, cm or m) volume of a smooth dome = pi x H2 x - (R-(H3))

WEIGHTS 1 pound (lb) = 16 fluid ounces (fl.oz.) = 453.59 grams (gm) = 0.45359 kilograms (kg) = 453.590 milligrams (mg) = 7000 grains (gr) 1 avoirdupois (weight) ounce of water = 0.9615 fl. oz = 28.349 grams 1 kilograrn (kg) = 2.2046 pounds (lb) 1 grain (gr) = 64.8 milligrams (mg) = 17.1 ppm 1 milliequivalent of CaCo3 per liter (meq/L) = 50.045 milligrams of CaC03 per liter (mg/L) 1 meq/ml CaC03 = 21.867 kilograins of CaC03 per ft3 1 gram of water at 4C = 1 milliliter (ml) = 1 cubic centimeter (cm3) 1 milligram per iiter (mg/L) = 1 part per million (ppm) = 8.337 pounds per million gallons of water 1 microgram per liter (ug/L) = 1 part per blliion (ppb) 1 grain per U.S. gallon (gpg) = 17.1 milligrams per liter (mg/L) = 17.1 ppm = 142.86 pounds per million gallons of water 1 gpg of total water hardness as CaC03 exchanges for 7.86 mg/L of sodium (Na) or 13.4 mg/L potassium (K)

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FLOW RATES-Liquids 1 U.S. gallon per minute (gpm) = 0.22715 cubic meters per hour (m3/h) = 0.06309 liters per second (Us) 1 m3/h = 4.403 gpm 1 liter per minute (l/min) = 4.403 x 10-3 US Gallons per second 1 milliliter per minute (ml/min) = 0.38 gallons per day (gpd)

PRESSURES 1 pound per square inch (psi) = 6.895 kilopascals (kPa) = 2.311 ft. of water column = 2.036 in of mercury l kPa = 1 x 103 pascals (Pa) or newtons per squared meter (N/m2) = 0.1450 psi = 0.2953 in of mercury (Hg) = 0.3351 ft of H2O = 4.021 in of H2O 1 bar=100kPa=14.5psi TIME 1 day = 24 hours = 1,440 minutes = 86,400 seconds 1 hour = 60 minutes = 3,600 seconds

SALT BRINE 1 U.S. gallon of saturated brine contains 2.6 lbs. sodium chtoride 1 ft3 (7.481 U.S. gailons) of saturated brine contains 19.4 Ibs. of sodium chloride 1 pound of sodium chloride (NaCI) contains 5,994 grains of sodium expressed as CaC03 1 pound of potassium chloride (KCI) contains 4,699 grains of potassium expressed as CaC03 Completely saturated brine is a 26.4% solution of NaCI with a specific gravity of 1.20 at 20C (NOTE: At 25C,35.9 grams of NaCI will dissolve in 100 grams of H2O; therefore, 35.9g/135.99 = 26.4% solution of NaCI)

INTERNATIONAL 1 grain per British imperial gallon = 14.3 mg/L = 0.836 grains per U.S. gallon (gpg) = 14.3 ppm 1 English degree of hardness = 1 Clark = 14.3 mg/L = 0.836 gpg = 14.3 ppm

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1 French degree of hardness = 10.0 mg/L = 0.585 gpg = 10.0 ppm 1 German degree of hardness = 17.9 mg/L = 1.05 gpg = 17.9 ppm

TEMPERATURE From Fahrenheit to Celsius: 0C = (59) x (32F) From Celsius to Fahrenheit: 0F = (C x (95)) + 32 NOTE: Degrees Celsius (C) = Degrees Centigrade (C)

MISCELLANEOUS 1 level tablespoon = 0.5 fl. oz. = 14.787 ml = 3.0 level teaspoons 1 level teaspoon = 4.929 ml = 1/6 fl. oz. Household Bleach = 5.25%NaHOCI = 52,500 ppm Cl2 1 teaspoon (4.929 ml) of 5.25% NaHOCI (bleach) per U.S. gallon of water= 65 ppm Cl2 2 cups (16 fl.oz.) of bleach to 100 U.S. gallons = 62.5 ppm Cl2 6-inch diameter casing holds 1.47 U.S. gallons per foot; therefore, each 68 feet of 6-inch casing holds about 100 gallons of water.

Data courtesy of the Water Quality Association(WQA)

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