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Las Vegas Review-Journal - July J>,. 1950 Drom Even in Heal W ith La s Vegas recording the i hottest Ju ly weather in history, jj consumption of water hit the 1950 j! peak Saturday and Sunday but! still was safely under the 19491 high m ark. . Consumers served by Las Ve­gas La n d and W ater company pulled 11,000,000 gallons from the mains during the period from midnight Saturday until m idnight Sunday and a sim ilar amount during the previous 24-hours. Highest consumption in 1949 was 17,000,000 gallons during the period which saw m a ny sections of the city without sufficient pressure to take care of sani­ta ry needs in the homes. “ Th is 3,000,000 gallon m argin is the difference between having enough water to go around and experiencing a shortage,” A1 F o l-ger, manager of the water com­pany said this m orning. “ Th e reservoir fills up during the day while irrigation is for­bidden and that insures a suffi­cient amount tor the rest of the 24-hour period,” he continued. “ If we can keep consumption at its present level we should have no serious difficulty this sum­m e r.” Folge r said the new m ain to serve the area adjoining Ea st Stewart street had been com pleted and water turned in Satur­day. Th is section was one of the low-pressure areas during the j 1949 season. Present consumption, ba,sed on 1 2^,000 population, figures 580 gal­lons per capita, substantially be­low previous highs of 700 per person every 24 hours. ? Com paratively, Reno’s use is higher a t 570 Vs/ W f t \t)j0 W . W . 7 . JUL 5 1950