A metric unit of capacity equal to a million litres.
‘For comparison, annual household consumption of water was estimated at about 500,000 megalitres.’
‘The cistern is an underground, covered storage of 90 megalitres.’
‘The daily average consumption also rose to 24.77 megalitres (ML) - an increase of 0.65 ML a day.’
‘Average daily consumption had dropped to around nine megalitres in Lismore - a saving of around 28 per cent on this time last year.’
‘On Tuesday, we used 27.4 megalitres of water - about 400,000 litres, or 7 family swimming pools, under target.’
‘Two axial flow electric pumps draw 120 megalitres a day out from the river to water cotton now grown on 500 hectares developed for irrigation.’
‘The dam itself covers 145 hectares at capacity and can store almost nine megalitres of water.’
‘Last week, the daily consumption was around 35 megalitres.’
‘There were hundreds, if not thousands, of megalitres being traded for one slab of beer.’
‘In four weeks, the Menindee Lakes will begin filling again, as megalitres of water makes its way down the Darling River.’
‘A recent report into health of the Thomson and Macalister rivers recommended that flows be increased by 26,000 megalitres, raising the anxiety levels among farmers to record heights.’
‘It is interesting to contrast the Roman endeavour with the recent effort required to gain approval to construct underground fuel storages of only a few megalitres at various airbases.’
‘Although Queensland water Resources released some 480,000 megalitres in January, only 25 percent of that flow has reached the border.’
‘Mike why isn't a megalitre of water at the top of the river the same as a megalitre of water at the bottom of the river?’
‘Of the 29,000 megalitres consumption which was attributed to agriculture in 2001 from all sources, 8,000 megalitres were identified as irrigation from private supplies.’
‘But when we greatly increase our future capacity for the city by raising the dam wall another 13.5 metres, this will take capacity up to 296,000 megalitres.’
‘It covers 17,250 hectares and has a storage capacity of 686,000 megalitres.’
‘Since Level 4 restrictions were introduced in October, the average daily consumption has dropped from 30.2 megalitres (ML) a day to 26.3 ML a day.’
‘The first water transfers have been released from Windemere Dam, with of a total of 70 thousand megalitres to move through the Cudgegong Valley in the next 6 months.’
‘Last week, consumption increased slightly to a daily average of 25.70ML - up almost a megalitre a day on the previous week’
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