Conversion factors

Metric to British units British to metric units

Length:
lm- 39.37 in 1 in = 2 5 . 4 0 m m
1 m = 3.2808 ft 1 ft = 304.80 m m
1m = 1.0936 y d 1 yd = 0.91440 m
1 km --- 0 . 6 2 1 4 m i l e 1 mile = 1.60934 k m
Note." I n n o m i n a l s i z i n g 300 m m is t a k e n as e q u i v a l e n t to 1 ft a n d 25 m m as e q u i v a l e n t to
1 in.

Area."
1 m2 = 1.196 y d 2 = 10.764 ft 2 1 ft 2 = 0 . 0 9 2 9 m 2
1 h a = 2.471 a c r e s 1 y d 2 = 0.8361 m 2
1 km 2 = 0.386 square mile 1 acre = 0.4047 ha
1 square mile = 2.5900 km 2
Notes."
1 km 2 = 100 h a ( h e c t a r e s ) a n d 1 h a = 10000 m 2.
1 s q u a r e m i l e = 640 a c r e s a n d 1 a c r e = 4 8 4 0 y d 2

Volume."
1 m 3 = 35.314ft 3 1 ft 3 = 0 . 0 2 8 3 2 m 3
1 m 3 = 1.3079 y d 3 1 ft 3 = 28.32 litres
1 m 3 = 219.97 gallons (British) 1 y d 3 --- 0 . 7 6 4 5 6 m 3
1 litre = 0 . 2 1 9 9 7 g a l l o n 1 B r i t i s h g a l l o n = 4 . 5 4 6 litres
1 M1 = .0.21997 M g a l l o n 1 U S g a l l o n = 3.785 litres

Notes:
1 m3 = 10001itresand 1 M1 = 1 0 0 0 m 3.
1 U S g a l l o n = 0 . 8 3 2 6 7 B r i t i s h g a l l o n ; a l s o 1 ft 3 = 6 . 2 2 8 8 British gallons.

Mass:
1 k g = 2 . 2 0 4 6 lb 1 lb = 0.453 59 k g
50 k g = 0 . 9 8 4 2 c w t 1 c w t -- 5 0 . 8 0 2 k g
1 t o n n e = 19.684 c w t 1 t o n = 1.01605 t o n n e
1 tonne = 0.9842 ton
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Pressure."
1 metre head of w a t e r 1 ft h e a d o f w a t e r
= 1.422 1b/in 2 = 0.03048 k g f / c m 2
1 kgf/cm 2 = 14.223 lb/in 2 = 0.00299 N / m m 2
1 N/mm 2 = 145.038 lb/in 2 1 lb/in 2 = 0.0703 k g f / c m 2
= 0.006895 N / m m 2
Notes:
1 N/mm 2 = 10.197 k g f / c m 2, 1 k g f / c m 2 = 10 m e t r e s h e a d of water, a n d
1 bar = 10.197 m e t r e s h e a d of water.
1 lb/in 2 = 2.3067 ft h e a d of water.
1 pascal = 1 N / m 2.

Density."
1 k g / m 3 = 0.06243 lb/ft 3 1 lb/ft 3 = 16.018 k g / m 3

Flow rates:
1 m3/s = 35.31 ft3/s 1 ft3/s = 0.0283 m3/s
1 m3/s = 19.00 m g d 1 m g d = 0.05262 m3/s
= 4.546 M1/day
1 litre/s = 13.20 g p m = 0.019 m g d 1 g p m = 0.0758 litre/s

Notes"
m g d = million gallons per day; g p m = gallons per m i n u t e .
l m3/s = 86.4 x 103m3/day = 86.4 M1/day.
1 ft3/s -- 86400 ft3/day = 0.53817 m g d .
1 M1/day = 1000 m 3 / d a y = 0.22 m g d .

Hydrological units:
1 litre/s per k m 2 1 ft3/s per 1000 acres
= 0.09146 ft3/s per 1000 acres = 6.997 litres/s per k m 2
1 m m rainfall per k m 2 1 ft3/s per s q u a r e mile
= 1000 m 3 = 10.933 litres/s per k m 2
= 0.220 M g 1 in rainfall per s q u a r e mile
= 65786 m 3
= 14.471 million gallons.
Filtration rate:
Note."
100 gallons per ft 2 per h o u r = 117.44 m 3 per m 2 p e r d a y
= 4.89 m / h
Power."
1 joule (J) = 0.73756 ft lb 1 h o r s e p o w e r (hp) = 0.74570 k W
lkW - 1.3410hp

Notes."
1 J/s = 1 w a t t (W).
1 M1/day o f w a t e r raised t h r o u g h 8.81 m = 1 k W (at 100% efficiency).
1 hp = 550 ft lb/s.