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area, and that i t might be desirable to them to relinquish their water a ctiv itie s in the area, MR, STRONG# That’ s a matter that would have to be taken up with the executives o f the Union F h cifio, I said we do not desire to deny any responsi­b i lit y that accrues to us as a public u t ilit y , I didn’ t say that we wouldn’ t spend any money to get water from another source* MR. GRIFFITH# I am sorry that I misunderstood you — but are you s t i l l v a ilin g to put in pipe lines to homesites? MR. STRONG# Yes, MR. BATESj From the statements of the o ffic ia ls o f the Las Vegas Land & Water Company and our State Engineers — do they think that the water supply we have in this Valley is getting to such a c r it ic a l point that we should, as a community, go to looking fo r other water supplies - i f we want to go ahead and encourage development and industry? Mr. MoNamee says we have a su fficie n t water supply fo r a population of 25,000 and fo r certain classes of industry, and I know the question that lie s in the back of my mind — This thing has got to such a c r itio a l stage that i f we can’ t try to develop and encourage an increase in industry and population, then its time fo r us to go looking fo r another supply o f water to insure those things. Now, is i t the opinion of the Water Company and our State Engineers that our water supply has reached such a c r itic a l stage we should go and look for other sources of water. MR. STRONG# It seems to be the opinion that water fo r industrial uses goes to waste. That is not a fa c t . I w ill cite a particular instance that occurred just early this week, A large industry is about to build on 10 or 15 acres o f land in Vernon — a separate municipality which has its own water supply from w ells. The requirements of this industry were set forth as 206 gallons per minute in it ia lly , and with their ultimate development of the entire property, i t would be around 650 gallons per minute. They came to me fo r my help, and looking into i t , I found that the City authorities stated f i r s t that they did not have the means of disposing of either 206 gallons or a greater amount - somewhere around a m illion gallons a day. In any event, they cannot set the precedent of furnishing a m illion gallons a day. They said, ttWe are an industrial c ity , and i f we establish a precedent, we have to do i t fo r a l l , ” I asked the engineer then fo r the industry, "Why are you not conserving and re-using your water?” He answered, "Well, we don’ t want to bother with it# my experience is that to re-use that water, reclaim i t , collin g towers are necessary — and that involves an additional plant, additional area — our area is re stricte d ," lify- answer was, "Re-use that water or seek another lo ca tio n ." They took up their option, and they are in escrow now. Their requirements now are 50 gallons per minute. They have saved immensely through re-use and solved their own problem. This goes except for a chemical industry where the water is contaminated# where the water cannot be re-used, as applies to Basic Magnesium, on account of contamination. It is such that they even have to evaporate their water. It can­not be allowed to go into Lake Mead, That’ s an exceptional oase. The average industry we are able to bring to. this community in spite of the fa ct that they have large requirements of water is usually »et through their a b ility to re-use the water which reduoes the demand to a negligible amount, and i t can solve this problem. (16)