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What are the common units when talking about recycled water?

  • 1 kilolitre (KL) = 1 000 litres (L) = 1 cubic metre = 1 tonne of water
  • 1 000 KL = 1 megalitre (ML) = 1 million litres = 100 mm of water over 1 hectare
  • An Olympic swimming pool = 2.5 ML
  • 1 Gigalitre (GL) = one thousand million litres (1 000 ML)

 

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