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2 Las Vegas Review-Journal! Monday, July 3, 1950 Las Vegas Water Use Showing W ith Las Vegas recording the p hottest Ju ly weather, in history, | consumption of water hit the 1950; | peak Saturday and Sunday b u t1 I still was safely under the 1949 > high m ark. Consumers served by La s Ve­gas Land and Water company i pulled 14,000,000 gallons from the 't I m ains during the period from '? midnight Saturday until midnight ; Sunday and a sim ilar amount during the previous 24-hours. Highest consumption in 1949 ; was 17,000,000 gallons during the ‘ period which saw m any sections ' of the city without sufficient ' pressure to take care of sani-i tary needs in the homes. “ This 3,000,000 gallon m argin Is the difference between having enough water to go around and ; experiencing a shortage,” A1 F o l- ,tj ger, manager of the water com - ? s pany said this morning. I “ The reservoir fills up during i| the day while irrigation is for- I bidden and that insures a suffi-a cient amount for the rest of the fj 24-hour period,” he continued. | “ I f we can keep consumption at 55 its present level we should have ;«[ no serious difficulty this sum - ?' |j m e r.” Folger said the new m ain to ;| serve the area adjoining East ; | Stewart street had been com I pleted and water turned in Satur- ;| day. Th is section was one of the low-pressure areas during the ! 1949 season. Present consumption, based on 25,000 population, figures 560 gal-i Ions per capita, substantially be­low previous highs of 700 per , person every 24 hours. Com paratively, Reno’s use is . I running slightly higher at 570 . gallons per day per capita, i]____ ____ O----