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handled vd th the O ity in such & mrnmm ae to stop # » # fl6 iw use o f v a ts * and thus a vo id erpenae o f d r illin g another w e ll ox con stru ctin g a d d itio n a l re s e rv o ir* r re s e a t i| m illio n g a llo n r e s e r v o ir sad e e i^ U n g basin c o a t api-orojUfflatsly f|j|p@|{? g s t do n ot b e lie v e the eatpease o f smother r e s e r v o ir i s ju s t ifie d , as a d d itio n a l stora ge e<$aal to p resen t c a p a c ity would te la ears o f excess w ater used but a few days on ly in tbs even t c i tis s u e axe perm itted to run la m and oth er ecsm eotlooe wide open as th ey b ate been doing# bsny c it i e s throughout the country have s t r ic t reg u la tio n s concerning use o f w ater* and we should demand th at the c it y o f has Vegas discon tin u e th is ex cessive waste* during the month o f August* the consumption o f water by Las Vegas m s 117#06S»aQ0 g a llo n s* o r 540 g a llo n s p er day pe* person* baaed on popu lation o f 7*000 people* and th is i s a l l ou t o f reason. la the even t another w e ll i s d r ille d ju s t la ord er to p ro vid e a d d itio n a l supply o f w ater during the summer months and i t p roves to be an a rte s ia n w e ll, ae we f u lly e rp e c t i t to be* then we a re faced w ith the problem o f p rovin g b e n e fic ia l use o f an unusually la rg o amount o f w ater (Luring the ren am ing funs non to e o f the year* A t the p resen t tin e the f u l l fle w o f the open sprin g and the o v e rfle w frost the r e s e r v o ir flo w s down Las Vegas oreeit sad onto 'the ranch* where i t i s used in the d a iry and in ir r ig a t io n o f the ranch p roperty* in a d d ition * the e fflu e n t frost the C ity s e p tic tank flo w s onto the ranch and i s used by our tenant fo r ir r ig a tio n * th e re fo re * o u tsid e in te r e s ts m ight s e rio u sly qu estion our claim s to th e n e c e s sity o f a la r g e