Convert Acre-feet per second to Megalitres per day
Convert Acre-feet per second (ac-ft/s) to Megalitres per day (ML/d) instantly and accurately.
Conversion Formula
ML/d = ac-ft/s × 106572.8308
About Acre-feet per second
The acre-foot per second (ac-ft/s) equals 1233.48183754752 m³/s, an enormous unit representing the flow that would fill a football-field-sized area to 1 ft depth every second. It appears in descriptions of exceptionally large dam-break flood waves and major river-system extreme events. The 1976 Teton Dam collapse peak outflow was estimated at ≈65 000 ft³/s ≈ 1.49 ac-ft/s. 1 ac-ft/s = 1 233.48 m³/s.
About Megalitres per day
The megalitre per day (ML/d) equals 1000/86400 ≈ 0.011574 m³/s, numerically identical to million litres per day. It is the preferred notation in Australian water-authority reporting, environmental flow assessments, and reservoir storage accounting. Murray-Darling Basin environmental flows are specified in ML/d; urban water utilities publish reservoir capacity and daily draw in ML/d. 1 ML/d ≈ 0.011574 m³/s = 1 000 m³/d.
Quick Reference Table
| Acre-feet per second (ac-ft/s) | Megalitres per day (ML/d) |
|---|---|
| 1 ac-ft/s | 106573 ML/d |
| 2 ac-ft/s | 213146 ML/d |
| 5 ac-ft/s | 532864 ML/d |
| 10 ac-ft/s | 1065730 ML/d |
| 25 ac-ft/s | 2664320 ML/d |
| 50 ac-ft/s | 5328640 ML/d |
| 100 ac-ft/s | 10657300 ML/d |