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I , 9 ' ? <+ • ? v III That in support of its application, applicant alleges? (a) That the sole source of the water supply for your applicant is from an underground basin underlying the territory immediately adjacent to the City of Las Vegas and known as the Las Vegas Valley Water Basin. (b) That applicant is Informed and Relieves and there-fore alleges that the water aquifers in said basin are recharged by precipitation falling in the mountain ranges surrounding the said Las Vegas basin largely in the form of snow which melts and percolates into the sands and gravel of the water basin. (c) That applicant is informed and believes and there­fore alleges that the snowfall in said mountains during the winter months of 1949-1950 was but fifty per cent (50$) of the normal snowfall and for the year 1950-1951 was but ten per cent (10$) of the normal snowfall. (d) That the population of Las Vegas during the last five years has increased over twenty per cent (20$) and the num­ber of customers has increased from approximately 5,900 to 8,900 and the water consumed by the customers of the applicant herein has increased from 2,291,623,000 gallons in 1945 to 3,472,022,000 gallons in 1950. Consumption in the first half of 1951 was greater than the corresponding period for 1950. (e) That the average daily consumption per capita in the City of Las Vegas is greatly in excess of the consumption in other cities of comparable climatic conditions. (f) That one of the evidences of the exoessive use of water in the City of Las Vegas is that the average dally flow through the sewage disposal plant is in excess of 6,000,000 gallons. (g) That your applicant is informed and believes and therefore alleges, that the recharge rate of the Las Vegas Valley Water Basin from the sources hereinabove mentioned, ranges from - 2 -