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& *3^* Las Fegas - May 25, V 33-3 Mr. Lao A. MeNames: & * P o > $9 Vj Confirming our oonferenoe today. _. * believe we should file with the State Engineer a J— f” protest against promiscuous drilling of Artesian wtewolflosl dl:a the has Fegae valley, The reasons for this ere (a) An alarming decrease in the production of our individual wells. Cfe) Increasing demand# on the present available supply. The decrease in production of wells and springs was discussed with Stats Engineer representatives in confer- e,lc® ** las Fegaa, May 34, and I an surs that thsy are else awars of the feet that steps should be taken to conserve the supply In ths underground channel*. In ths past it has been «y understanding that when a® application Is filed and after its publication no protests have been received, the State Engineer has no other course than to grant the application. The purpose of filing a blanket protest is to encourage the State Engineer to withhold approval of future applications until it is known that the water will be put to a beneficial utso# tahne dC tihtayt ofi t lwais lFle gnaost, detract from the supply furnished Vith regard to increasing demands, you ars awars of the fact that approximately 1500 new hones have been constructed in this vicinity in the past eighteen months and while further mass construction appears to be at a stand- still, nevertheless we are now beginning to feel the heavy demand from houses already built, lew resident# are plant­ing lawns all over ths city and new lawns require an immense amount of watsr. To be specific, our maximum output last year during the heaviest month (August) averaged IS million gallons per day; last Friday when the temperature reached 96 here we were required to produce the same amount, 8 #11- lion gallons per day, and have by no mean# reached the peak Of the sum®or requirements.