The water usage figure seems blown so far out of proportion it isn't funny. Follow the calculations below. And if the farm is 3,700 acres there's no way there's 3700 acres of potatoes on it.
3,700 acres x 7 acre inches of water x 27154 gallons/acre inch = 703,288,600 gallons
Don't get me wrong, that's a lot of water but its not 9.6 billion gallons.
FYI, It's also a slippery slope protesting farms.
Last edited by sc high tide; 12-13-2013 at 08:40 AM.
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