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\ 5 F ir s t, the ex istin g Stste Law p roh ibitin g use o f meters or other measuring devices fo r water furnished in dividu al users in c it ie s in excess o f 4,500 population. Second, extreme clim atic conditions, combined with long growing season and a highly porous s o il. Third, large leakage losses due to wooden lin e s . Fourth, in a b ility o f Water Company to place any re s tric tio n s on water usage without passage o f a C ity Ordinance, and lack o f any cooperetion from C ivic A u th orities. While th is has been tru e in the past, an Ordinance has now been passed which becomes e ffe c t iv e in June, and which contains the provisions as outlined in the Las Vegas Evening Review Journal o f May 5, 1936, as fo llo w s: "The Las Vegas c it y commission passed fo r f i r s t reading an ordinance designed to prohibit the waste o f water during the summer months, end establish in g pen alties o f $50 fin e or 25 days in j a i l fo r i t s v io la tio n . "Under the ordinance, the waste o f water is declared to be unlawful and is defined as: 1. Permitting a hydrant, tap, cock or va lve connected with any water system to leak onto the ground or in to the sink, bowl, t o i l e t or tub connected with a sewer, cesspool, sump or sny other opening, a fte r the person has been n o tifie d to remedy the leak. ” 2. Perm itting the water from any water system to flow from any hose, tap, va lve, hydrant, pipe or cock d ir e c tly in to any sewer or cesspool a ft e r n otice or knowledge th ereo f, without f i r s t putting such water to b e n e fic ia l use. 3* Perm itting or causing the water from any water system to flow into any public s tre e t or a lle y w ithin the c it y or upon the lo t or land o f another a ft e r n otice th ereof. "4 . The waste o f water in any manner by any person, corporation or association without f i r s t putting same to b e n e fic ia l use. Perm itting with knowledge, water to escape before b e n e fic ia l use from any pipe, drain, or other conveyor, e ith e r above or below the surface o f the ground. "The ordinance w i l l be read fo r the second time at the June meeting o f the board and become e ffe c t iv e then." This w i l l no doubt prove h elp fu l, but in order to prove e ffe c t iv e w i l l n ecessitate p etro lin g c it y to detect wastage, end examinations should be made from time to time o f household f a c i l i t i e s to develop whether or not leakage