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Las VegAs, Nevada Evening/Review-Journal Nov. 1ft 1944 IWater Wrangle Solution? D. G. Lorenzi, pioneer resident of Las Vegas, in an open letter to the chamber of commerce, to­day offered suggestions for the solution of the water problem in the Las Vegas valley. Declaring that “W e faee a dangerous situation and w e must meet it with energy,” j Lorenzi traced the questions about water asked by possible j investors in this area, and de- I dared that until these' ques- | tions could be answered with | authority, the growth of Las j Vegas would be stymied. Lorenzi, in offering his solu- I tion, suggested a 60 inch pipeline 1 from Lake Mead to a point where j the water can be turned into two i or more flumes and distributed j to parts of the valley to be zoned. He points out that 50,000 acres I of tillable land can be supplied, each 10 acres of which w ill pro­duce enough food for one family < per year, or enough to support ! 10,000 families. He says fruits and vegetables I of unsurpassed quality can be I grown in the valley soil. if prop­erly irrigated. The land is rich in lime and the sun power in the area .would produce the finest j grapes in the world, he says “Water taken from L ak e Mead, ! where it has been stored under ? the action o f the air and algae, is vastly more suitable for agri­cultural purposes than artesian j water,” he says. Lorenzi says the whole prob­lem can be boiled down to a few words; " A pipe line front Lake Mead which w ill supply agriculture and industry; ar­tesian wells must be capped for regulation and conservation of their flow for domestic use j He declares that $5,000,000 can | be borrowed from the RFC to j finance the project and points ! out that the elimination of an ex­pensive chlorination plant will lower the cost of the water works* I by 25 per cent. j “When w e have created a new and efficient water system, then and then only can we feel safe,” Lorenzi declares. only.” /