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V n Reno Water Shortage Forces Slash in Lawn Watering Faced with an even more erlt- ! ical water shortage than Las Ve­gas, Reno this week was at­tem pting to curtail usage by restricting lawn and garden ir­rigation to every other day. While Las Vegas was holding to a 16-hour a day schedule (be- I tween 5 p.m. and 9 a.m .), Reno | was seeking the voluntary co- I operation of all water users on a fifty per-cent use calendar, 24 hours out of each 48. I ; In order to split consumption, residents on the even numbered side of all streets, Were asked |to do their irrigating one day, iand those on the odd-numbered side to skip that day and pick ilup the next. : This program of staggering was designed to cut irrigation [use in half, and was expected Ito tide the city over the critical [warm weather period. It was the first time in Reno’s history that any restriction was put on «water consumption. Of­ficials of the water company in­sisted there was plenty of water if customers would not waste it. Figures compiled last week in­dicated per capita use was the highest of any city in the United States. There is no city ordinance in Reno coveting water wastage and company representatives are canvassing each residential i district to carry the message and ask cooperation. In Las Vegas, the situation has eased considerably since the un­precedented hot weather of two weeks ago. “ We’re just about over the hump,” A1 Folger, general man­ager of the Las Vegas Land & Water Company said this morn­ing. “ If everybody just continues to cooperate for another thirty days, the difficulty will be over.” wWim; V -ffy?V? : // 'L- XL-*