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The reason is to prevent applicants from appropriating more water than their permit allows, and in view of the fact that the well supervisor cannot check each of the four hundred wells in the valley day and night, the only effective control he could have over withdrawals from the underground channel would be by the use of meters. He has not been insistent toward our company in this respect, as he knows we have a record of sorts from our weir measurements and time record of each well in service, but feels we should set a good example in equipping our wells with meters, especially as we are the largest individual user and he uses our figures as the base in computing total annual withdrawals from the artesian basin. I recommend for your consideration the installation of recording meter on each of our sources, and the elimination of the weir boxes which are inaccurate and wasteful. A Sparling saddle-type meter, which costs about $350, could be Inserted in the existing transmission main at little cost, and perhaps we could try one of these on Well Ho. 10 to test the results before going to the larger expense of equipping all sources at once. Copies of Mr. Anderson’s reports are attached. A.
