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s 34T \ to the feet, namely, of the very unusual and a very greet value in the perpetual flow of & very high qcu&S&y of water from three m springs end eleven artesian wells that hare boss developed fey the own me preduetolin company <Ir*A.& ii.L.B.P.c©.). When the further foot Is taken Into consideration that the has Vegas area has a climate that is classed as seal-arid and with a precipitation of less than ® inches a year, the worth of a water supply that for the major part is secured without the cost of pumping and without the cost of long distance transmission, becomes mere evident as to its value, both to the companies and to the people who are served* During the entire growth of the City of Das Vegas,- fine prodm-trlma i yialr.tw^rrr^ development of the water supply^in a manner sufficient t© meet the population |k ^^SlaSfc*e in latter years with the decline In the railroad use for water end other miscellaneous needs, such added waters have been utilised for the general public needs. A record of the production of water for the period 1938-49 is as followss Annual Production i*££ in Gallons Equivalent Average Flow in Cubic Ft.nsr SseoyuS 193S 1,791,951,995 7*30 39 1,698,759,153 6*90 40 1,800,856,340 7.61 Cl 1,673,309,088 7.96 49 1,991,160,144 8.44 43 8,358,881,160 10*00 44 8,869,373,460 18,10 45 3,113,048,840 16.80 40 3,368,797,040 14.83 47 3,566,516,118 15*18 40 3,539,153,713 14.96 49 3,666,758,761 15.50 ^he production in 1949 was equal to approximately 10 million gallons per day on the average. Of this amount 97.33$ was for the water utility, or over 9*7 laillion gallon® per day* This represented a flow of 15 second-feet. Host of thie water was of natural flow, though necessary distribution pressure is maintained