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Friday, 2, 1939 L A S V E G A o A G E Page FiveJ Water Wastage Depletes Supply Because o f the unprecedented w astage o f w ater in Lias V egas at the begin nin g o f the hot season,- o fficia ls o f Las V egas Land & W ater Com pany are a1 arm ed lest there be a serious shortage o f w ater necOsT imitating p lacing ; users on m eter rates or im posing other restrictions never before found necessary. W a lter R. Bracken, vdce^presi-- dent and m anager o f the com pany sta tes that a heavy drain w as plac­ed on the w ater reserves w ith the advent- o f warm w eather, -some days, all th w a ter produced from the vari­ous w ater sources h aving .;been used And over 500,000 gallons draw n from Che storage reservoir. “ W e do not. w ant to adopt severe and unw el com e | restriction s and bope it. w ill not be necessary,” said -Mr, B racken. “ But unless^ the w aste i s . cut ro a minimum w e m ust act to protect the city from disaster.” Mr. B racken Jstaved that ^ a n y w ater coolers are not properly ad­ju sted v: and that e x ce lsio r coolers are often flooded, not only| des­troy in g ’ the e fficie n cy o f the cooler -but w a stin g w ater. W ith the starting o f the em erg­ency pump in the railroad yards the total* production o f w ater from all sources fo r L a s . V egas is 6,750,000 gallons per day a m ou n tin g . to, 720 gallons per person. A lready the w astage added to the necessary and legitim ate use o f w ater is con­siderably m ore | than that amount, Mr. B racken stated. A little cgre b y each person in the use o f w ater w ould m ake avast saving o f .w ater w ith ou t any real ineonven ien_cetc.. anydne. The per fe ctiy uncontrolled and unrestricted use o f w ater in Las. V egas since the tow n was, started has en coufaged carelessness and, m ore o r less Wan­ton w astage o f the precious, fluid W ith rea son a b le. care there is m ore unpleasant regu latory means, than ample w ater fo r all w ithout I the necessity o f restrictin g f o any PITY WATER SUPPLY e warm weather in Las Vegas during the past las caused an abnormal drain on the reserve sup-water stored in the city reservoir. . - jompt action is being taken to prevent the pos- | of a serious water shortage in the. city. The in the railroad yards is being operated day and lelivering over a million gallons of water per day rcity in-addition to the regular supply from the Id springs. v 1e additional supply of water made available by H well drilled last year by the Water Company jently offset by the large number of air cooling machines which have become so popular in Las Vegas in the last year or two. At the present time over 6,750,000 gallons of water per day is being delivered to Las Vegas, which is suf­ficient to supply a city of 30,000 population. People of Las Vegas are urged to fully cooperate in the conserva­tion of the water supply- particularly in the proper ad­justment of-water coolers and the judicious use of hose in sprinkling lawns. CONSERVE OUR WATER V S