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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 siea of 2700 gallons per minute—two million gallons per day- now, there was an additional 200 gallons a minute that was coming through the sowar from other sources, according to your reporto A, That's right. Q* One-third of the water or three million gallons per day was going through the sower from other sources. Would you say 5.58 millions were reduced by one-third—that would he m exceptionally high usage for a city of this population? A, Based m the per capita use in other cities of into else, yes. Q* ^hat is the per capita use in other cities of a like wise? A. I have no records here but the per capita varies from 100 gallons per capita to 200, generally. Is that la any desert type city? A* 1 couldn't say without referring to some records* but naturally* the desert type city would take more water* a. in other words, a city like has Vegas would use more water per capita than Bene* A« Unfortunately, that's not true* %* You mean Reno also uses a high per capita? A. Yes, very excessive. % Bees all the state of levada use an excessive rate? \ A. So* has Vegas and Sparks havens restriction®, and in Reno
