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Carson City, Nevada Nevada State Journal March 15, 194? WATER METER BILL MSSED BY SiATORS ? — Water Conservation j Declared Coal By Sponsors CARSON CITY, March 14. (U.R) The senate passed E. Frandsen Loomis’ and C. D. Baker’s much- debated water meter bill today with only one senator, Ralph Lat- tin of Churchill county, opposing its passage. The measure provides that individuals may make complaints to the state public service commission about persons they believe to be wasting water. The commission would then order a hearing, and under the bill would be empowered to install a water meter if it was found that the wastage complaint was valid. Both Loomis, R., Washoe, and Baker, D., Clark', co-sponsors of ;the bill, took the senate floor to urge its passage, pointing out that because of population requirements only Las Vegas, Reno and j Sparks would be affected. Loomis declared that Reno “has ! the largest per capita consumption of water of any city, town or municipality in the United States. He said that per capita consumption of water in Reno “actually is about twice as heavy as i that of the next heaviest user i community.” The average Reno j resident, Loomis said, uses about j 800 gallops of water annually. Loomis said that because of j j Reno’s continuing growth that its stqrm drain and sewerage systems ! couldn’t be expanded “fast enough '? to keep up with the "water being | wasted every day in the city.” j “You can’t get cooperation by j pleas,” Loomis declared. “You 1 i have to have a law hanging over ! the heads of the people.” Baker emphasized that the bill “under no circumstance would j allow the indiscriminate ihstalla- j tion of water meters by the public i utilities,” “It protects us against the indi- vidual who uses ten times more water than he needs,” Baker continued, - pointing out that only Las Vegas, Reno and Sparks | would come under its provisions. Lattin opposed the bill’s passage, [declaring he felt it was the first step towards a move -by the pub- ] lie. utility companies to install [water meters in all Nevada cities [and towns. The bill now goes to the as- fsembly where further debate is expected. ...' ------------