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NoNd Las Vegas Mayor S< Water Supply Is Criti The difficulty of securing enough water for maximum jcommunity, use was being faced .this week by North-Las Vegas. In order to conserve the existing water supply to the fullest ex-.j tent, Mayor C. C. McDaniel of j North Las Vegas this week or­dered a strict water rationing system placed into effect. In a memorandum sent to all North Las Vegas property hold­ers, Mayor McDaniel decreed S that the. residents of the, com­munity would henceforth water. their lawns and shrubs on every! third day. The . water ration was| to be scheduled as follows: Ward No. 3, June 20 from 6:00 p. m. j until 9:00 p. m.; Ward No. 2; June 21, from 6:00 p. m. until 9:00 p. m., and Ward 1, June 22,* from 6:00'P.:m. until 9:00 p. m. Each ward, was instructed to fol­low the water program on every third day from the above men­tioned dates. McDaniel cited as his authority in curbing the use of the water, City Ordinance No.- -.14, • which J prohibits the waste of water. He requested cooperation of North Las |Vegas residents in the pro­gram so that no central, control of. water usage would be* neces­sary. Water tanks- will, be kept | filled in the event of a fire emer­gency, he said. McDaniel also suggested, con­servation measures for. the op­eration of water coolers and re­quested that circulating pumps be installed on all colors. North Las- Vegas* water department pumps ;' are 1 now operating 24 hours a day. The city has no reserve , well and must rely upon the, existing .supply,* Residents in some . sections of the . city report that prior to the conservation measures they had been, experi-jl encing trouble with low water pressure. The Las Vegas city, water problem appeared, brighter, though, according to A. M. Fol- ger, general manager of the Las Vegas Land and Water compare office, local residents, shoal'’ make every effort to conserv the: precious commodity. Folgt: reported that the .700 gallon daSb p.er. capita use ,of water in Lr * Vegas is the. highest in the na­tion. Approximately 15 millin' gallons of water -are used dai1 in this city, he said. Folger tjrged city . residents especially’ in., the Huntridge an' Mayfair sections, to exercise cart in watering their latVns in ordp-' to prevent waste. Folger said that no water re­strictions werer planned at the present time. However, he said, restrictions ’ will be necessary f the per. capita- use increases tc any great extent over the pres­ent amount being used, jj ^-'!-0; -----