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Ifeere follows a tabulation of water usage in several cities, throughout the country: a m . # Average Daily ^ Water Consumption per Capita - 1946 city. Gallons Denver, Colorado 19# Detroit, Michigan 147 little Rock, Arkansas 36 Los Angeles, California 150 Louisville, Kentucky 151 Fhoenix, Arizona 220 Richmond, Virginia 130 Seattle, Washington 132 Worcester, Massachusetts 110 LAS VEGAS. 8EVADA 362 ^ Source: 1946 Annual Reports - From Journal of American Water Works Association, February and April 1950 All consumptions based upon metered service except Las Vegas. Comparative Cost of Water: In 1949 Input to the Lae Vegas Water distribution system was 3 i541*353,000 gallons* Allowing 10% for main leakage aad free use the quantity of water sold would be 3,137,217,700 gallons, for which 7560^ustomers paid #199,132.91, or #26.34 each. This is equal to #2.19 per month per customer; ninety per cent of these customers falling within a domestic classification. For the #2.19 a month the paying customers received on the average 35*132 gallons or 4*696 cubic feet of water. -^Actual average number of customers 7*593; adjusted to 7,560 to exclude non-paying customers.
