Does anybody know the formula for figuring out how many gallons of water in area x square foot by X inches deep. For example, if I have a 500 square foot area covered by 4 inches of water, how many gallons of water are present?
Thanks for any help.

Well if you have 500 sq. ft. that is 4 inches deep in water, you have 500 sq feet time .33333 to give you cubic feet of water. and 1 cubic foot of water equals 7.48 gallons of water , the equations would go something like this.

500 x .33333 = 166.66665 cubic feet of water

166.66665 x 7.48 = 1246.6665 gallons of water.

Hope this was helpful.

Regards

Biscuit

Well if you have 500 sq. ft. that is 4 inches deep in water, you have 500 sq feet time .33333 to give you cubic feet of water. and 1 cubic foot of water equals 7.48 gallons of water , the equations would go something like this.

500 x .33333 = 166.66665 cubic feet of water

166.66665 x 7.48 = 1246.6665 gallons of water.

Hope this was helpful.

Regards

Biscuit

Sorry for the double post.

I am stupid today I guess1!!!!


Regards

I forgot to say, the .3333 is the factor of 4 inches in relation to a foot (12 inches) or 1/3.

That gives you the multiplier to convert square feet with a given depth to cubic feet to establish the volume of a give area.

Later


Biscuit

Pretty good! I love it when I have got to pump out a basement, and they ask how much water is in it. I whip out my calculator punch in the figures, then look at the expressions on their faces when it's gonna take a little longer than 10 minutes to get a couple thousand plus gallons of water out of it. Math is fun!! C.