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    esoh oansisllng of two Byron Jaofcaon 10 x 14 x :t§ operating Sa M»l«k Steflor present operating conditions water is lift­ed from m reservoir at elevation 1400 to the ..? H# Uilllon Ipip of ffioi’e than SCO feet. Without alteration or change these same mmm will deliver at least i© aillioB gallons per #sy against a to^L dynamic head of §i§ feet .at little or so sacrifice of efficiency. At. least §0 sillies gallons per day couia be delivered to the site of the Manganese Ore* plant at ©Xev&lios lS5i.0» PIPE HUE C&PAGIfY At » pumping rate of 60 sillios gallon® per day the velocity is the existing 40 inch pipe line wold he &,& feet per second. Snsh a velocity la sot unusual nor is it inordinately uneconomical* particularly since the i^?sp pumping rots would ho lots- than 60 million gallon® per-day* Pressure oa the line would not exceed - . presently imposed pressures. m&m&m BMxmmjmi Bmmtm mmim gfAfia At the Manganese 0res plant the water wottXd ho delivered to ft Junction reservoir* either new or -sad# by altering one of the existing Sorr thickener tanks, A new boost or H lift the water 201*§ feet from the iteration reservoir to th© terminal reservoirs at Henderson, Supply to lls discharge aide of these booster pumps. PXI3S ip tQ 149 TOAS- »»f. the Junction reservoir at elevation 1B£6.S all mter Jahen by the industries would be available throng jjjj gravity pipe line to a standpipe located near Gharlestoo Boulevard at ground elevation Ifiis would bo on #. direct route across the easterly valley fan -send it would be a relatively low pressure line. XhMestio water would be boasted, from this point Into the domes- tie water distributism lines, tater would also be available* if required,, for potential agricultural land in the lower valley. WBEaafcar ias mmmm Slip-piemen t&X water from babe Mead would sale stabilisation of the subterranean reservoir ^hioh large ares .of the has Vegas Valley. By reverse flow through the