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1 that the drilling of additional wells will further deplete the existing water supply and increase the present overdraft on the Las Vegas Valley Water Basinj and applicant finally prays that by reason of the facts as stated* the customers of the Company are faced with the problem of a serious water shortage in the near future, and that until, the City of Las Vegas and its surrounding territory secure an additional supply of water from sources outside the Las Vegas Valley Water Basin the use of water from that basin should be curtailed and limited to the present customers of the applicant. Mr. Maag testified for the Company that there were 34 potential applications for the use of water during the summer season of 1953 and that these applications represented approx­imately 1465 family units from various parts of the area served by the Las Vegas Land and Water Company. Of these it later developed only ten units would be ready for water by August. Mr. Adamson testified for the Company that tests indic­ated total production capacity of all the facilities for the Water Company would indicate 19,440,000 gallons per day and that in his estimation the peak demand would be about 20.8 million gallons per day during the summer but with all of the subdivisions as testified to by Mr. Maag using water in the latter part of this summer. Since Mr. Maag's testimony indic­ated that water would be needed for only ten units of develop­ment, it would appear to the Commission that the Company could -3-