Industry Jargon

Acre Feet: No it’s not a favorite Hobbit past time it’s a measurement of volume. The amount of water required to cover an area of 1 acre that is a foot deep. Roughly equivalent to 325,851 gallons.

The Casitas Dam was completed in 1958 to create the Lake Casitas Reservoir. Lake Casitas has a 238,000 acre-foot capacity when full. The lake first reached a full capacity and spilled in 1978. The last time water spilled over the Casitas Dam was in 1998. As of October 2022 Lake Casitas is at 30% capacity.

Desalination

Recharge Zones

Brackish water

Reverse Osmosis

Aridization

Snow Pack

Groundwater

Surface Water

Well Water