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ful Las Vegas - August 10, 1934 0 pY Public Service Commission of Nevada Carson City, Nevada Gentlemen: X enclose herewith, amendment and supplement to schedule of rates and charges of Las Vegas Land and Water Company for water and water service in the City of Las Vegas to become effective October 1, 1934, wherein the schedule * for cooling water for refrigerator machines is divided into two categories— one where the water is collected, re-cooled and re-used, no change in rate; and the other is for water which, after being passed through the machine, is wasted, the rate is fixed according to the size of the refrigerating machine. , Also supplementing the present schedule by creating a msoysnttehml.y rate for water used for cooling roofs through sprinkler Through tests actually made, we have determined that refrigerating machines using water for cooling and where the water runs direct from our mains through the machine and is woaf swtaetde ri:nto the cesspool or sewer use the following amounts One-half ton machines - 6 gallons per minute; m8o,n6t4h0. gallons per day; 259, 200 gallons per One ton machine - 10 gallons per minute; m1o4n,t4h0.# gallons per day; 432,000 gallons per There are some sixty-four services in Las Vegas having one-half to two ton machines, and which actually consume some 737,280 gallons of water per day, and that is over 16$ of the total consumption for the City of Las VegaSi The principal purpose of this schedule is to discourage this terrible waste of water by requiring those users to erect cooling towers whereby the water can be re-used, and the secondary purpose is to save the present sewer system recently constructed at a cost of some #275,000.00 and which giso inngo w tbherionugg hr utihen edsa mbey. the enormous flow of water that is