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Las Vegas water supply in 1936, circa 1937

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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
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Details
Subject
Water-supply--Planning
Water consumption
Water consumption--Rates
Springs
Time Period
1930s (1930 - 1939)
Place
Clark County
Resource Type
Text
Material Type
documents (object genre)
Archival Collection
Union Pacific Railroad Collection
Digital Project
The Historic Landscape of Nevada: Development, Water and Natural Environment
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

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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 . ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ???? ?? ???? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ???? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ???? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?????? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ???? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ???? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ???? ???? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ???? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ???? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ???? ?? ?? ?? ?? ???? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ???? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ????