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5 7 ««We would appreciate it if you would look into the matter of serving these people through the system of the Las Vegas Valley Water District. In order to serve them, it would be necessary to run a line up Dyak Street, a distance of about 600 feet. Along this stretch there are approximately ten or fifteen homes that would connect on to the system. We are asking you to make a special study of this as we feel that the excessive pumping by the Water District is causing the greater part of the declining flow of the old well. We feel that if the District will serve these people with water, we will not be asked to curtail pumping in order to increase the artesian pressures in this area. On my investigation of the water, I was told that the people on the south side of Bonanza Road who are also served by an old artesian well with an early priority of use are having difficulty in obtaining sufficient water for their homes. As far as I know, the two areas mentioned are the only ones where there could be any legitimate protest to the District*s present use of the ground water. Best regards Hugh A. Shamberger State Engineer By /s/ EDMUND MUTH Assistant State Engineer" Mr. Edmund Muth, Ass*t. State Engineer June 21, 1956 Office of State Engineer Carson City, Nevada Dear Ed: With reference to your, letter s. 9525 and 10434 of June 15, 1956, the matter could not be taken up at the Director’s meeting of June 19, 1956, because of lack of a quorum. However, I will present it again at the next meeting, presently scheduled for Tuesday, June 26. It is my understanding, from previous discussions with residents along Dyke Lane, that a number of purchasers of property in that area acquired an interest in the well in question. If this is the case, it would appear that a pemanent solution would require an agreement with all of the parties having an interest in the well. The necessary main extension may raise a legal problem as far as the District is concerned, because of certain provisions of the Service Rules adopted pursuant to the District Act. It is my thought that this might be overcome if the line could be constructed in consideration of transfer of the water rights to the District. I am wondering whether, on the basis of your conversations with the parties involved, seme arrange-of this kind would be possible.