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    2 Las Vegas Review-Journal ) Monday, July 3, 1950 i Las Vegas Wafer Usefbowig It Drop Even in Heal With Las Vegas recording the , hottest July weather in history, ; consumption of water hit the 1950 I peak Saturday and Sunday but 1 still was safely' under the 1949 * high mark. Consumers served by Las Ve­gas Land and Water company pulled 14,000,000 gallons from the mains during the period from midnight Saturday until midnight Sunday and a similar amount during the previous 24-hours. Highest consumption in 1949 was 17,000,000 gallons during the i period which saw many sections of the city without sufficient pressure to take care of sani­tary needs in the homes. “This 3,000,000 gallon margin is the difference between having enough water to go around and j experiencing a shortage,” A1 Fol- j ger, manager of the water com- • pany said this morning. “The reservoir fills up during the day while irrigation is for­bidden and that insures a suffi-. cient amount for the rest of the 24-hour period,” he continued. “If we can keep consumption at •(il%J>resent level we should have j 'no serious difficulty this sum- j mer.” , Folger said the new main to J serve the^area adjoining East j Stewart sjjeet had been com pleted ancSi&ater turned in Satur- j day. ThiS* section was one of the i low-pressure areas during the 1949 season. Present'Consumption, based on 25,000 population, figures 560 gal- [ Ions per capita, substantially be- low previous highs of 700 per person every 24 hours. Comparatively, Reno’s use is running slightly higher at 570 gallons per day per capita. ?o-