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Zh July 1952 Public Service OSMBtsstoB C ity semda gentlemen* Ommm $o* 120? Vlfeh reference to the abevoffimfesroA o u «t you w ill rooftll that on the hearing m to adequacy of atr?lse the Conmiasion decided to hold the matter In abeysittt until a report was re o tiw l from the Utility Board without %lm issuance of an order with the under#bonding *Wft% it (the has fH L i hand and t#J|r Company} must prove to tho Cotwtisslon that the simply to residents of this Cwmftity must be adequate not only for the use of water f o r dome** tic hut for biMlnooo rurpooeo; .end lawns eleo*® Se# report of hearing as to adequacy of water, pp. leM o? * Thereafter, on December 22, 1950# the Water Gonpany submitted I f t report and letter shading that they were prewired to produce just under thrse»*#iiAf»e'»half pillion gallon# per day additional, end that a three-anA-e- half million gallons additional could be maintained during emergency p erl ode« Further reference it node to your letter of December 29, 195®-* to the undersigned In which ysa in* quire at to whether further action by the Coaniseleit is desired* Thereafter, on January 2b, 1951* * * requested that the hearing then pending bt held In abeyance until Much time as It could be determined that the Installing of addition^ pumps would Insert tm » Vegas of sufficient ?uater sup ly# It now appear# that the City Is undergoing the sews probl #o* presented to the Commission in the afesdf#*number^ hearing* A t a meeting la s t night the Water Company admitted that the mm o f the Cltisen* o f has Vegas Is more than one m illion gallon# per day -loos than there w&s a f m r s^ro, showing that conservation aethoda haw# d efin ite* Xv been put into e ffe c t , .and the input ifffi the sewer