This 1.4 liters per second (or 1300 gallons per hour, or 11.8 million gallons per year) works out to 36 acre feet per year.  California alfalfa uses 4 million to 5.5 million acre feet per year on about a million acres, so that&#x27;s about six to nine acres of alfalfa.<p>That means that <i>every single alfalfa farmer</i> with more than nine acres planted is a bigger water hog than this constantly running garden hose or whatever it is.<p>That alfalfa doesn&#x27;t even feed people.  It feeds cows.  How much beef do you need to eat to occupy nine acres?  Probably several cows per year.