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handled with the City l a such a. maimer as to stop excessive use o f water and thug avoid expense o f d r illin g another well or constructing additional reservoir. Present l| m illion gallon reservoir and t i t l i n g basin cost approximately f§9,G0Q and do not believe the expense o f another reservoir i s Justified, as additional storage equal to present capacity would tale oar® o f excess water used but & few days only In the event citizens are permitted to run lawn hoses and other connections wide open as they have been doing. Many c it ie s throughout the country have s tric t regulations concerning use o f water* and m should de»*and that the City o f Las ¥eg&e discontinue this excessive waste, firin g the month o f August* the consumption o f water by has Vegas was U7»Q&9f 8Q0 gallons* or 540 gallons per day per person* based m population o f ?*QQQ people, and this i s a l l out o f reason. In the event another w ell i s d r ille d Just in order to provide additional Ripply o f water during the summer months and i t proves to be an artesian w ell, as we t o lly expect i t to be, then we are faced with the problem o f proving ben eficial use o f an unusually large amount o f water during the remaining nine months o f the year. At the present time the f u ll flow o f the open spring and the overflow from the reservoir flows down Las Vegas Creek and onto the ranch, where i t i s used in the dairy and in irrig a tio n o f the ranch property. In addition* the efflu en t from the City septic tank flows onto the ranch and i s used by our tenant for irrig a tio n , therefore, outside interests might seriously question our claims to the necessity o f a large