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RENO, NEVADA RENO EVENING GAZETTE May 31, 1947 la! Vegas Tops reno [IN GALLONS OF WATER CONSUMED EACH DAY While Reno’s consumption of water is described sis.fanJaboye : the national average, and this excessive use has caused great. ? concern to the local power company, Las Vegas oomei lprth with • thefljoast that its use of water is even gresyffer, and the' chamber of commerce makes the statement that “Las Vegas leads the nation*"for its per,capita use of water.’!; pi1' ‘ ROpo started off the summer season with a daily water use If - of more than 24 million gallons, an average 622 gallons per v person. The Las Vegas figure is given as 75.0 gallons per person per day. K ' pH || .Earlier this year, the amount of water‘used in these.two cities was not a subject for a chamber of commerce boast; ' An attempt was made in the legislature to pass a bill providing for the use of water meters in Reno and Las Vegas to curb the waste of water. This bill was backed by the railroad company which supplies Las Vegas with water and the Sierra Pacific Power co., Reno’s water system owner, and these interests claimed that there ? * • was iio intention of installing'meters for every user, but requiring them only where excessive waste was noted. The bill failed to ! emerge from committee.
