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X/ T O M MEASUREMENTS OF A l l WATER AVAILABLE - LAS VEGAS July 1951 July 1954 Well 3,877,632 gals per day 2,507,040 gals per day Big Spring 1,040,4 98 t? TT TT 954,852 TT TT IT little Spring 913.043 TT TT TT 823.680 Tl TT n Total available for Las Vegas 5,831,173 tf TT IT 4,285,572 TT TT IT Middle Spring 440.659 n TT TT 331,549 TT TT TT Total 6,271,832 FT ft IT 4,617,121 TT IT TT July 1934 - 4,617.121 Tf TT TT Decrease 1,654,711 FT FT Tf or 26.4^ decrease Estimated population - 7500 people Water available - 4,285,572 gals per day Per capita - 571.4 gals per day. MEASUREMENTS OP RESERVOIR AND SEMINS BASIN Reservoir Settling Basin 6 ftr^ojin^ 1 ft. 6 in. Pull , Full Gain in reserve supply due to reduction in waste of water. ESTIMATED CONSUMPTION BY REFRIGERATOR SYSTEMS (which are the principal causes of wasted water) Sixty-four services use water-cooled refrigeration systems, without reclaiming the water for re-cooling. Cobling machine with piston displacement will consume: 4VT piston displacement, 10 gal per min. 14,,400 Gr.P.B. 432,000 G-PMo. 2 Ja" " !T 6 " ,T " 8,640 " 259,200 Average 8 " " " 11,520 l1 345,600 tost Bf w^thr C'G.504 per lOOQggillons (Cost to LVL&WOo.) 432>4pXga'ls X •\05Q4 s ' C k I 259\20X -\.’0505x 'ns\ m 4 V H v\ N X Estimated loss of water through refrigeration systems: 64 services X 11,520 G.P.D. equals 737,280 gallons per day. Measurements during shortage, 9 :30AI1>,July 17 th, 1934. After passxhg City ^Or-hinance, 9:30AM, JulyL9, 1934.As......