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Las Vegas "Morning Sun" -August 18, 1950 V S / M - 1 1 * 1 1,50 Vegas Uses Less W ater W ithout \ j Curbs, Report Says A report on the recent 15-day study rf)f water usage in Las Vegas, during a test period after restrictions against daytime lawn w atering were lifted, showed less ! consumption than that reported i i; by the Las Vegas La n d and W a- •5 ter Co. during the tim e the ban was in force, C ity Engineer W . : C. Anderson said yesterday. Anderson said the water com­pany reported an average daily | usage of 14,000,000 gallons dur-ing the sum m er m onths when the restriction against daytime sprinkling was enforced. Th e city engineer’s 15-day figures Showed an average daily usage of 12,697,894 gallons w ithout re­strictions: H e pointed out that during the W" M. X AlK 2 2 1950 15 days; two rainstorms' occurred, which dropped the usage to about 8,000,000 gallons on those ' days and . lowered the average, but that on only three days of the 15 ' did the total daily gallpnage exceed 14,000,003. : Listed are Anderson’s figures, of usage by date: J u ly 27 1A 28 . . 8,438.100’ 11.460.900 29 13.296.500 30 _ . / 12.912.100 31 _ 13,122,100 A u g. 1 11,868,400 2 _ .. 13,344,700 3 — s. 13.259.800 4 . 13,818,500 ? 5 _ . l 13,726,900 6 _ . 13.290,100 ?. 7 ?* 13,166,500 ' 8 14,004,600 9 _ 14,233,500 10 14,293,300 H i 8,930,300 J u ly 26, approxim ately }/z inch rain. A u gust 10, approxim ately % inch rain.: T h e City engineer’s report rec­ommended nb furthe r compuls- \ ory restrictions on the public, but. a continued rigid enforce­ment of the watfer waste ordi­nance. “W ith out the waste of water,” Anderson stated, “Las Vegas; can get along nicely without re^trie- . uons ? oh its ' outdoor watering habits.. , 1 I