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$jj Friday, June % I960 Las Vegas Review-Journal 7 r Mead Water Storage Near Normal, Survey Shows HENDERSON, June 2—Will­iam Doak, utilities manager at the BMI, has released a sum­mary of fee water supply situa­tion in this area feoin Informa­tion gathered from tee United States soil -conservation service. The report states teat: “ The extreme dryness of recent years in Arizona has now extended to New Mexico and s o u t h e r n Nevada. Unless benefited by an abrupt change of late wi nt e r ^ precipitation habits, they will be hard pressed ? for water, es­pecially toward tee end of the irrigation season. Utah and west­ern Colorado have much better prospects. Referring to Nevada, tee re­port states: “Snow-water run-off in Nevada will vary from about 80 to 115 per cent of normal hi tee eastern Sierra, w h i l e Hujmfeolt basin streams will flow from 65 to 115 per cent. The southern two thirds of tee state can expect very little water from tee snow melt, as tee snow surveys indicate that during the past winter many areas receiv-i ed their lowest recorded snow­fall.” Ground-water storage is better tiian at this time last year, but! stall below normal, while early season stream flow has been nor­mal, or above. Reservoir stor­age, while better than last year, is only 40 per-cent o f capacity and 50 per-cent of the past 10- year average. “ Lake Mead contains a b o u t tee same amount of stored water as at this time last year, .and -about 80 per cent of normal for this date.” / f J o ® A l Folger Denies Water Pressure Is Low In Section Al Folger, manager of the Las Vegas Land and Water company, said this morning that no com­plaints from the Wardie district as to low water pressure had been registered with the water company, and that he could see no reason for a water pressure drop in .the area, unless it was between the hours of 6 to 8 PM. He said that in the late eve­ning, water pressure in teat area may drop, but only because re­sidents in the other sections of town were utilizing the legal lawn watering hours to sprinkle their yards. The water shortage in the East Stewart street’ section of Las Vegas will be relieved, shortly iwith the completion of the new water main in that district, Fol­ger stated