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Officers and Directors T’OMAS A. CAMPBELL .PRESIDENT SPEfoCER L. BUTTERFIELD VICE-PRESIDENT WILLIAM COULTHARD SECY.-TREAS. HARRY E. MILLER JAMES CASHMAN t&t'nmmk Cornwall LAS VEGAS VALLEY WATER DISTRICT 900 SOUTH 5th STREET LAS VEGAS. NEVADA Telephone 5920 £ B- April 7, 1954 Mr, Wm. Reinhardt, Vice'-President Las Vegas Land! and Water Company 422 West Sixth Street lot Angeles 14, California fWir yr tat Voaos Wetar Supply Increaso Mr, Reinhardt* Thank you for responding so promptly to our April 1 letter requesting and urging that the tat Vagus Land and Water Company Immediately proceed to develop or acquire additional produc- hwt facilities In time to effectively cape with the critical water condition anticipated during the coming summer. pointed e«4 In your April 5 letter, the statements and recommendations maste by Mr. J. M. Montgomery, District Engineer, with reaped to both the urgency and feasibility of increasing the water supply before the heavy demand begins ore bated on a study el fee situation. This undertaken tome time age when It was anticipated that fee District might be in a position take over and operate fee local system at an earlier date than Is now possible. A detailed report containing definite recommendations and cost estimates Is expected to be completed within fee next week or ten days. As soon at It becomes available, you will be furnished wife a copy at i o result of fee preliminary information furnished by Mr. Montgomery, the District Is firmly fee opinion that an additional 4,000,000 to 5,000,000 gallons dWly can be withdrawn as a temporary expedient In order to meat fee impending summer emergency * and feat the neces •ary steps to that end feeuid bo taken by your company so quickly as possible. In making fee survey to develop ways and means of meeting fee anticipated summer water shortage emergency, Mr. Montgomery has drawn on fee experience of specialists In fee field of ground water engineering. State Engineer Hugh A, Shamberger and hls staff Niva also boon cooperating In fee study and Mr. Montgomery's final recommendations edit be made wife his foil knowledge. The District recognises, of course, feat fee "bottle-neck* It In the present Inadequate voir eapoelty of the Las Vegas Land and Water Company system, 6 van with a curtailed yield resulting from a lower water table this summer, It appears feat the present maximum produc­tion capacity of existing wells might bo sufficient If production during slack consumption periods could bo stored for peak demand. Since ft will not bo peodblo for oifeor your ceaqsany or the District to add needed reservoir capacity baforo fea period of haavy demand, fee only alternative appears to bo in temporarily supplementing production from fee underground source by a minimum of 4,000,000 gallons daily. Very sincerely yours, LAS VEGAS VALUY WATER DISTRICT •x 4nomas A. ''Campbell, Prestdenl TACrfb