La convention de 1977 énonçait le principe selon lequel il y avait quatre acres de terre pour remplacer chaque acre de terre affectée, mais sans préciser où ces terres se trouveraient ni quelle superficie serait touchée dans chaque collectivité.
The 1977 Northern Flood Agreement set out the principle for there being four acres of land in compensation for every acre of land affected, but it didn't determine where that land would be, nor did it determine exactly how much land was affected in each community.
