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the abusers waste one-half of Ren o ’s water. That one-fifth of your fellow citizens - maybe one of them lives next door - are those people who toss their hoses out on the lawn and let them run all day. They don’t stop to think that they are wasting what is very aptly known as the "most important home appliance." Their only thought in the matter is that it doesn’t cost them anything extra. So go ahead,let it run in Setter, Another fellow who belongs to that distinguished one-fifth group is the fellow who thinks i t ’s perfectly all right to run nis air conditioner so that the water passes through it only once. He might be rushing 4000 gallons an hour through but what does he care? Then there are the people who just like to run water* They get the same kind of a kick out of it as some people get out of a good drink of bourbon or a woman gets out cf buying a new hat. They just like to have water running ail over the house. Reminds them of the honeymoon at Niagraa Jails or something. Well, the more we thought about these neighbors* of ours the more we thought something should be done before they really cause some serious harm. And d o n ’t think that they c a n ’t. If the population of Reno continues to increase and the waste of water continues to increase with it, a point will be reached where there just w o n ’t be enough water to go around. That, of course, is always a good time for a fire and a high wind to spring up. What can be done is a pretty tough nut to^crack. City Ordinance No. 56,... sections 5 and 6, makes the wasting of water a rnf^dalTaanor 'and conviction carries a fine of $10 to $000 and/or a prison term of five days to six months. This law has Proved to be impractical and therefore is not enforced. What is left to oe done would seem to be this t Talk to your neighbors and appeal to their community spirit. Joint out to them that the water in Reno is just about the P ^ ® s t in this country - or any other country. Point out to ohem that the dry spell, which will be with us until the spring, is here again. S l u t out to t am that the people of Kano usa 10 times more *ater r>ar canita than the average city its size. Pomit out that if the present water system is found inadequate that new wells P ro| ^ i y would have to be drilled. The last well cost the water company $30,700. The cost of any additional wells would naturally have to be passed along to the consumers.