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Corson Rowada Hmmda, Journal Kareh 15, 1947 (SditariaX) ittigm iiisrmo v fSoily this month a bill Was Introduced in the Nevada stabs senate atthovisingf tbs installation of water Latere an Nevada cities ami towns under certain conditions* Their installation is prohibited tar law in tcsms or si ties of mm than 4600 at the present tks and the proposed law# 6S 93# would let down the bnro to a snail degree* Tho bill was passed % the eonate yesterday and now goes to the mwmM$ where it was* Khan the bin was introduced it was suBgestsA her this newspaper that action on it be delayed until It could be given' the most careful consideration and study* A oareflil iM|? of the bULX by persons competent to understand it discloses no ulterior motive. It- provides a means hereby water tuwsr the waste water, could be stopped or at least could be foreed to pay fbr their o®» trovoganae or eoroXasonoss# Vho people of Hens* ^pazfes and. l*ae Vegas waste water* No one will deny that,. but Cher© is no wear to stop then and eventually# If the otmuunitles centime to grow# tififtPS win bo a shorten*© of water for domestics imrposea.' wo itnm that the isiorm Pacific $m&t Company# tshldh supplies the domestic water for Rem and Sparfta* has no desire to install mtmm hers as it would- odd to Ife cost of operational sudtdo tsm an initial invesfaenftin meters and installation ohrmm® that would amount to &1OQ#0QO os* more# which it would be difficult to reoevor throng rate iiweaaes* However* • the water oom-mny here and in has Vegas fuses an evsr increasing demand for water with waste aim Im.^oaslng* The cities of Rem and Spark© nr# paying for port of this waste Sf being forced to install latgsr sewer facilities. The Rem sewage disposed. plant is imulflwpat© me to take psopsr cam of the sewage because of the tremendous volume of water that flows thmiigh the city severs* Most of that water is mete water according to om-iarativ© figures obtained from other cities on the per. capita con- sumption of water* The bill which was passed by the senate# boiled dawn to its essentials# provlds that the public service