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The next speaker was Mr* Harry Miller, president of the Las Vegas Valley Water District* He informed ns he was not an Engineer, but would endeavor to give us a report on what the Las Vegas Valley Water District has done and what they are doing and what they expect to do* He also went into a brief talk on the later District, how it was formed, etc*, and for what reason. Mr. Miller further advised that Greeley & Hansen, a Chicago firm of Engineers, were employed by the Water District at a cost of fSGQO.GQ, to go into all phases of the project, and they expected a feasibility report from them around the 8th of November* Beport was due on October ©th, but the firm asked for a 30 day extension in order that they might wait and see the outcome of the discussion had before the Public Service Commission last week with the Las Vegas Valley Water District, City and County representatives, Union Pacific Railroad Company and the Las Vegas Land & Water Co. »It is the consensus of opinion, in order to complete this project, we will have to acquire the property of the Las Vegas Land & Water Company* They have given us a basic figure on which to work, which, for obvious reasons, we are unable to disclose. I will say we have received every cooperation possible from the Land and water Company in getting information for our report. The only information we have as to what the m ture of that report will be is a memorandum they have given us on the population. The popula­tion figures are interesting, because they come from an out­side source. Their present estimate of the population in the Water District, is 41,000* Their estimate in 28 or 30 years, or 1970, is double* They base their estimate on towns in a similar seotionj taken from the time they were the size we are at present, i.e., Tucson, Phoenix, Bakers-field, and Stockton. They, however, are prepared to revise their figures, because they are not sure what Las Vegas will do* It is interesting to get the viewpoint of an outside firm on what they think we can do. This meeting with the Public Service Commission and the Railroad Company brought out one fact in which we are all interested, including the State Engineer’s office and the Railroad Engineer - every one present seemed to believe we have about reached the limit of the artesian belt or our present underground supply* This past summer one day we pulled a bit under 17,000,000 gallons. The full capacity is estimated at 20,000,000 to 21,000,000. Now, if you pump that much out, it will not take long to run out of water, and due to the fact the Railroad does not wish to continue