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I L a s V ega® - 10# 193*1* Public Servlet Commission of Nevada Caraon City, Nevada Oentlament | enclose herewith amendment and supplement to schedule of rates and charges of Las Vega® Land and V&ter Comnany for water and water service in the City of Las Vegas* to beooae effectIt® October 1* 193^* wherein-the schedule for cooling water for refrigerator machines is divided Into two catsgorlee—-one where the water Is collected, re-e*el«d and refused* no change in rat#} and the other is for water which, after Ming passed through the machine* 1® wasted* the rate is fixed according to the size of the refrigerating machine. Also- euorlementing the present schedule fey cresting a monthly rate" for water used for cooling roofs through sprinkler system. Through tests actually mads* we have determined that refrigerating machine* using water for ceding and where the water runs direct from our mains through the Machine and Is wasted Into the cesspool or sewer use the following amounts of waters One-half ton Machines - 6 gallons per minute; 8,6*K) gallons per day; 259, 200 gallons per month. Out ton machine - 10 gallons per minute) lh,4oo gallons per day; 4 2,000 gallons per month,, There are some sixty-four services in- Las Vega* having one-half to two ton machines, and which actually cone urn* a css# 737,200 gallons of water per day, and that is over lip of the total consumption for the City of Las vegaa. The principal purpose of this schedule 1® to discourage this terrible vasts of water by requiring those users to erect cooling towers whereby the water can be re-used# and the secondary purpose if to save the present sewer system recently constructed at a cost of tome $275*-QO0#0© *^4 vdsloh is nm teeing ruined by the enormous flow of water that is going through the same.