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LAS VEGAS REVIEW - JOURNAL October 21, 1952 faced With Water Shortage |Dallas Police Crack Whip ! DALLAS, Tex.;pet. 21 (UP)— i Police set neighbor against neighbor today to enforce a wa­ter conservation Ordinance.'which {makes even a leaky faucet ille­gal. ’ jM£.. , The ordinanrf? has teeth in it, i too. Residents here' faced fines ; of from $50 to $200 for sprinkling their lawns.washing their cars ! or allowingylaiilty plumbing to go unrepaired; ... After a seboiid offense the city jis empowaiggfififo', cut off a citi­zen’s water-supply; completely. Authori^^g&ke’d citizens to {report asSpa^Satrons of the wa- iter-savin^^^ihat they observe, and soni^>^^^pns went to their {task witfej|yfflll. A ; Thus far~lhere have been no arrests.;, But ‘i§>any complaints have been tlifnid in, police said. Some, of' the co.mplaintS; were made by persons who noticed {even a’s^llvjplation such asi a drippin^^aier ^faucet- in a I Jneighborlh^yatdj, Police PfPMBKp giving resi-l dents a little tithe to adjust them-l selves to the law. During the last) two days only warnings have: been issued. But officers Indicat- j ed that from now on offenders! will go to court. The strict ordinance was pass- ! ed after army engineers report- ; ed that Lake Dallas, the city’s j; only source of water, held only; a four-month supply. Water reserves here have | dropped steadily because of anj almost unbroken and record-shat-j tering three-year drought.