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w * . l o s Angelea* March 3* 1950 1*7934 Map, W. C* Perkins? (CC - Mr* F* C* Paulsen Mr* B* R« H i l l e r S&P* A* M *' F e lg e r l$r* P* f * W fli^ rt) R e fe rrin g to your l e t t e r o f February 18th, f i l o LA-20-6* to Mr* Wengert* concerning production and consumption o f w ater a t Las Vega* d u rin g y e a r 19491 -^ § S l 1 am advised by o u r W ater S w t e Department th a t a l l e a t e r produced* w ith the exception o f th a t ueed in making e e l r te a t a* I s measured by meters in s t a lle d In the transm is­s io n lin e s from the producing f i e l d * In e l s e o f which i t appears our reoerd a o f consumption r e f l e c t th e amount o f w ater produced a s a c c u ra te ly as co u ld be a sc e rta in e d by meters a t the w e lls * Under the circum stances. i t appears the ex­penditure o f s e v e ra l thousand d o lla r s f o r th s a d d it io n a l meters I s not w arranted* W eirin g o f the w e lls and s p rin g s was not intended to fiv e an accurate measurement o f the w ater produced* b u t was o r th e purpose o f o b ta in in g g e n e ra l in form ation as t o the performance o f each producing u n it* In ord er to e lim in a te waste* 1 see no o b je c tio n to d isp en sin g w ith the r e g u la r sem i-monthly w e irin g and p a r t ic u la r ly so during the peak consump­t io n p e rio d s* A s and when there i s a s u b s ta n tia l flu c tu a tio n in our production* such w e ir measurements a s may be n ecessary to determine the cause can be made* mu* R einhardt IBgrwd) WM. REINHA&m Id f e G-W ~ « p | MAR 3 1950