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    V used for railroad purposes only but on occasion in past years, during hot weather periods, brought into use to supplement the supply avail­able for city consumers. It has provided a million gallons of water daily, but is now producing 650,000 gallons. The production in gallons per day of the springs and wells has varied considerably, as may be seen from the tabulation below. 2-9-28 1938 9-13-39 9-25-41 Big Spring Little Spring Well No. 1 Well No. 2 Well No. 3 Well No. 4 Well No. 5 Well No. 6 1,100,000 3 970,000 ,100,000 11.045.000 .001.000 2,114,000 3,278,073 878.000 878.000 2,005,000 952.000 677,160 709,560 1,866,240 978,480 907,200 447,120 381,024 551.360 6,498,144 The yield of the foregoing springs and wells for 1942 has been conservatively estimated at Additional water is anticipated from:- Pumps installed in Wells Nos. 5 and 6 « « Well No. 4 New Wells Nos. 7 and 8 now being drilled « « 9 and 10 | 1 Add to the foregoing the dependable capacity of the well in the railroad yard 6,000,000Gal per day 1,000,000 500.000 1.550.000 1.550.000 10,600,000 650.000 Total available in 1942 (estimated) Last year's maximum city demand was Est. new services in 1942 may be expected to draw a maximum of Est. 1942 maximum railroad demand is Contingency for Basic Magnesium, Inc. and cushion Frank Strong's est. of Feb. 5, 1942 This would indicate that the present system 11,250,000Gal 6 per day ,100,000 1,692,000 800,000 1 .000.000 9,592,000Gal per day of wells and the two springs are adequate for the needs of the city for 1942 and 1943, but -5-