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tjo drill tiro veils into second artesian son# before the X95o peals season* Consumption of water for the past 3 years shows that the increase in use far surpasses the increase in population* 194? peals about 13 million sale# daily* 1948 about 14 million* 1949 l6fr million* Jhia shows an all*time high In 1949 both as to total and as to per capita use* (Phoenix, Aria* with comparable temperature, but on meters, Is 148 gals* per day per person)*. Two City Patrolmen, paid by the Vater On,, have been unable to reduce the waste of water to any great extent although water may be seen running down gutters at various places in the city any summer day* The has Vegas City administration complains that the sowag# disposal plants are being flooded by excessive use of water during the summer months* I beliebs that under the present plan of consoryatsioo. during the day for irrigation use, the situation will be relieved through the hottest weather* X believe M s Commission should follow up this investigation, to be sure that the water company does everything in their power to correct the shortage situation before another sunnier season arrives* The water company should be required to increase distribution facilities to the a r e a south of Charleston so that equal pressure can be maintained under all conditions* Additional mains or larger mains should be laid to give the business area a, larger head of water and to .increase the static pressure. All dead-end mains should be eliminated# The water coiirp&ny should be informed as early as possible as to the results of the water district engineers report* /$/ Ches* V. Williams jCofflffllesioner Public Service Commission of Nevada*