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s c curfAto II*' w m i n m m , H U Iran m ® n ? §11111 WATER PROBLEM AIRED—Shown above are members of the « Vegas yalley Water district as they met Friday with A.- M. - Smsth, state engineer, right, for an informal discussion of farob-lems facing the water district. From left to right: Harry Miller .and Thomas Campbell, hoard members, Colonel H. F. Clark: ?5 studying the water situation here for the board, and Smith. jg r a g p B V W » - *"'*?* HikedSKates, Meters Said Solution to Water Problem “If Las Vegas is to.eontinue to grow and have sufficient water s t0 take care of the needs of this expanded population! it will be necessary to increase the water rates two or three times their present level and install meters, on all lines,’’ This was the startling state-* "— — —;— 2---------- • ? — ment made Friday afternoon be-; fore the Las Vegas valley water! district -by Thomas Campbell, member of the water district-board. The district, in order to furnish adequate water for the city, must take over the water facilities of the area and install-new facili- : ties. To do this, the people of Las -Vegas must vote for the i selling of between four and s ix ! million dollars in bonds to cover the price of the facilities and costs of installing transmissions, he said. Iri explaining the present water situation, ? A. M. Smith, state engineer, pointed out that al­though the public service com­mission could force the Las Ve­gas Land and Water company to increase its facilities and fur­nish more water to the users, of this area, it would be a foolish thing to' do unless water from Lake Mead was assured in the near future. , The meeting was an informal discussion session between mem­bers of the seven-man water dis­trict board, Smith, A. J. Shaver, secretary of the Colorado river commission, and other commissi sion members, concerning the problems facing the water dis­trict in its efforts to supply an abundance of water to the area Campbell told the members, th at even though every effort isi] being made, the water district could not possibly, do anything about the situation for at least 16 months. 1 “We must struggle through at least one more summer under the .present set-upj” he said. At a subsequent meeting Fri­day night, the. Las Vegas Land and Water company was raked over the, coals as the water dis­trict board, and the city and county Commissioners agreed to band together to force, the water company to provide the com­munity with additional water im­mediately. The public service commission already has set September 21 as the date on which the water com­pany shall appear and show cause why adequate water can­not be supplied "to the city.