Skip to main content

Search the Special Collections and Archives Portal

Las Vegas water supply in 1936, circa 1937

File

File
Download hln001075.tif (image/tiff; 28.42 MB)

Information

Date

1937 (year approximate)

Description

Report of the output of the Las Vegas Springs and well, and Las Vegas water consumption for 1936.

Transcribed Notes: handwritten corrections in pencil

Digital ID

hln001075

Physical Identifier

Box 75 Folder 174-2 Vol. I Law Department UPRR Water Supply-Las Vegas
Details

Citation

hln001075. Union Pacific Railroad Collection, 1828-1995. MS-00397. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d15d8rf3z

Rights

This material is made available to facilitate private study, scholarship, or research. It may be protected by copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity rights, or other interests not owned by UNLV. Users are responsible for determining whether permissions are necessary from rights owners for any intended use and for obtaining all required permissions. Acknowledgement of the UNLV University Libraries is requested. For more information, please see the UNLV Special Collections policies on reproduction and use (https://www.library.unlv.edu/speccol/research_and_services/reproductions) or contact us at?special.collections@unlv.edu.

Standardized Rights Statement

Digital Provenance

Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room

Digital Processing Note

Manual transcription

Language

English

Format

application/pdf

LAS VEGAS WATER SUPPLY (Data furnished by W.R.Bracken) Mr. Bracken reports actual consumption of water for 1936, for municipal purposes 118,557,577 cu.ft. 324,815 cu.ft. per day 3.759 cu.ft. per second 2,429,616.2 gals. per day Assuming a population of 7500 at Las Vegas, during 1936, this would make a consumption of 324 gals. per person per day. At that rate a population of 10,000 people would require 3,240,000 gals. per day, or a flow of 5.01 c . f . s . Certificate of Appropriation under Appl. 7201, grants 2.30 c . f . s . for municipal purposes. We are applying for 2.70 c . f . s . from new well for municipal pur-poses to make a total of 5.00 c . f . s . for municipal purposes Present (Feb. 26, 1937) flow of new well - Bracken report - 2293.20 gal. per min. = 5.1138 c . f . s . Deducting therefrom 2.70 c . f . s . leaves 2.4138 c . f . s . for irrigation Statutory duty of water for irrigation in Nevada 100 acres per 1. c . f . s . Water measurements made in June, 1936 (before drilling new well) were as follows - Bracken report Artesian well 2,554,560 gal. per day = 3,952 c . f . s . Big Spring 1,078,560 203 c.f.s. Little Spring 992,160 3,203 c . f . s . Total 4,625,280 7.155 c . f . s . ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ???? ?? ???? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ???? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ???? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?????? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ???? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ???? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ???? ???? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ???? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ???? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ???? ?? ?? ?? ?? ???? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ???? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ????