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% *Q* Are you In favor of it? A, Y«8| because if we don#t conserve the vater, Lae Vegas is going to be out of twain* ee, I*a afraid. * (P. 49*50) the Basse subject, Mr. Heed Whipple, Comm? a si oner of the City of Lao Vegas, teatifiedi ”<l. Assuming that it m e possible under the lav - to install sisters, in your opinion do you feel It would alleviate the situation somewhat? A. I think perhaps it would help. I am not qualified to say that it would correct the condition.” (P. 68). Mr* A.M. Folger, then General Manager of the Mater Company, testified as follows: *q . MR. ALLARD: Mr. Folger, do you believe that in i-; the event the lav were amended so that the use of meters would be allowed, that the amount of water saved would be suffiolent to take oare of the needs of the community without placing re* otriotlons on during the months of June, July and August? A. Xea, I am firmly oonvinoed of it, Mr. Allard.11 (?• 8®) Colonel Howard P. Clark, Chief Engineer and Manager of the Las Vegas Valley Mater District, testified: *d. Mhat would you say of the necessity of metering water in Lae Vegas, where the supply is nec­essarily limited? A* My personal opinion is that it would conserve two or three million gallons a day if meters were installed and maybe more. # * IP. 99) Mr. MUliam Reinhardt, Vice President of the Mater Company, testified: “There are several methods of conserving water and preventing waste. One of these, which I have referred to is the enforcement of reotriotlons on such use and the prohibition against the waste of such water. The other, and the only one which is in ay opinion really effective, is the installation -3- /