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? question the a d v is a b ility o f doing so* p s r tie u la r ty in r im of the fe # t the e th e r two sp rin gs and a rte s ia n w e ll produce m ample supply o f w ater d arin g 0 months # f the yea* and would bo e n tir e ly s u ffic ie n t during th e wxem&x won the i f c i tisa n e o f le e Vegan would e re re ia # e reasonable grownt o f %mm in con servin g the w ater* the w ater frost th is sp rin g i s n ot wasted* bu t i s used in ir r ig a t in g the la s ffeft.# land sod la t e r Company *en*h| th ere­fo re * we do n et tmwmmd con stru ctin g f a c i l i t i e s a t th is tin s to d iv e r t w ater tmm the open sp rin g in to the s e t t lin g basin and reservoir* m now hum con crete m m tm i r which has & ca p a city o f £§ b i l l o n g a llo n s . cm isagaaf 1* 193&* which was the day o f maximum use o f w ater th is m rnot, wo bad flo w o f two sprin gs sod a rte s ia n w e ll goin g in to the r e s e r v o ir and* in a d d itio n * pumped the w e ll a t the roundhouse* to ta l combined production o f 4*100 g a llo n s p er ain u te* and y e t i t was necessary to use approxim ately 533*000 g a llo n s from supply in r e s e r v o ir and s e ttlin g basin during the 1? hour p erio d during d a y lig h t hours, fa have g iven con sid er­a tio n to p ro v id in g a d d itio n a l storage* but I t I s our opin ion the s o lu tio n o f our w ater problem a t la s Vegas l i e s in a proper con­s e rv a tio n and use o f the w ater by c it iz e n s o f la s Vegas. A reasonable amount o f care and re g u la tio n m o ld g r e a tly seduce the amount o f e s te r consumed, w ithout qu estion , th ere i s a c a re le s s and wanton waste o f w ater by la s Vegas* tvea though Havada s ta te law p ro h ib its the use o f tasters* i t does seen th a t we would have th e r ig h t to demand th a t the in d iv id u a l u sers discon tin u e such unreasonable wastage* and i t i s our op in ion the n a tte r cuts be