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IV' WATER CONSUMPTION i 4 . 0 1 . P a st w ater c o n sumption.- 1938 to 1951, I consum ption in the C ity of l j H | W S l ‘J M and Water C om pany, as taken fr o m the wate r'p ro d u ctio n r e c o r d s . Since The fig u re s show n in t ^ in the s y s tem , there is no way of there a re no con su m ers actu ally d e liv e re d , m ea su rin g the quantities of w ater actually Records of the has Vegas - n ^ n d W ate ^Company show that t e m axim um d a y 's consum ption during t f ^ ^ a lso the m a x i-a p p rox im a tely 19, 750,000 gallon s n Jra ^ The consum ption fo r the m um a ll-tim e d aily r e c o r d o£ ^ * x im a tely 504 , 500,000 g a llon s, en tire m onth of June, 1953, P June The con su m ption on an average of 16. 8 m gd fo r t h e ^ w ould be 550 ga llon s per June 30, assu m in g a p ° pUl* * „ ken’ aa the m axim u m d aily rate of cap ita p er day, w h ich has e gW?. o f consum ption is a p p roxim a tely 8M I M i l | M W H ^ r . ^ r . T : — on fig u re s and the estim ated future population . The avera ge d aily consum ptiongiggall - ^ ^ ed. e x tre m e ly high. T his is due to esta b lish ed , If m e te rs w ere in sta lled and an -lv co n sum ption w ould be red u ce d to it is b e lie v e d that the average The fig u re s fo r P h oen ix and not m o re than ZOO gallons H g B S i S T u cson , as re p o rte d fo r 195U, we Sales Residential Production cjprvices Metered gal/cap/day ------------------ Phoenix Tucson 211 153 159 150 90% 99%