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LAS VEGAS VALLEY WATER DISTRICT LAS VEGAS NEVADA Report on Water Supply October, 1949 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 1. INTRODUCTORY................................ 1 2. STATEMENT OF THE ffiOBLEM.................... 2 3. SOURCES OF D A T A .............................. 4. POWERS OF THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY WATER DISTRICT . 3 \ A 5. LOCAL DATA 5.1 Location & 0 * ^ ^ i O 5.2 Climate . . . U ...................... 5.3 G e o l o g y ...................... .. 10 5.4 A r e a .............. ................... 12 5.5 Industrial Development................ 13 5.6 Agricultural Development ............... 14 5.7 Population, Population Distribution and jy Population Growth .................... 15^ 6. EXISTING WATER SUPPLIES 6.1 Las Vegas .............................. 6.2 North Las Vegas . ............ .......... 6.3 Las Vegas Air Force Base .............. 6.4 Lake Mead Water Supply.................. 6.5 Whitney ................................. 6.6 Miscellaneous Users .................... 7* WATER CONSUMPTION 23 27 28 28 31— 32 tc-'-O Future Water Consumption "w *-**- T 7.1 Past Water Consumption ...................32 7.2 Present Water Consumption .............. 33 7.3 Consumption............ .. . 37
