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Las Vegas Evening Review-Journal Las Vegas, Nevada June 18, 1943 Harry Jameson Named Artesian Well Supervisor The appointment of Harry Jameson as artesian'well supervisor for the Las Vegas artesian basin was announced today by: Alfred Merritt Smith, state engineer, of Carson City. _ _ Jameson was appointed by tne Clark county commissioners with the approval of the stateengi- neer’s office pursuant to the 1939 underground water 1 aw as amended in 1943, and will work under supervision of the staxe engineer’s office. . J In 1941 the state engineer , designated 146 sections of land in and around Las Vegas as coming within the provisions of the underground water law - which gives supervision over the cus-; tribution of underground water j and the drilling and repairing g® wells. Under the underground! water law as amended m 1943 I before anyone can start drilling.! ! 5-well in an established artesian: karea an . application must be 1 made to the state engineer s U office and a permit issuedto appropriate Water for beneficial I use. I ... Since the major source of the artesian water is undoubtedly the Charleston mountains lying to the west of Las Vegas, the supply is limited, Smith ^stated. It is therefore necessary to control the distribution and drilling of wells in this area to the end | that the basin will not be depleted and thereby destroy or seriously damage one of the finest assets of Clark county. At; present, according to the state, engineer, there are more than: 1400 .artesian wells in the Las Vegas artesian basin. In July of last year the maxi- Sum’ amount of water diverted in the valley was 16,912,503 gallons per day. Due to the great increase in housing, the maximum consumption of water this I year will also be greatly in- ’ creased. The conservation of water by the people is essential in order to insure a sufficient and constant,supply, and the cooperation of all water users is (necessary, the state engineer said. Harry Jameson has for many I years been carrying on part time work for the state engineer’s office in the Las Vegas ba&n while employed by the city of Las Vegas and is well acquainted with most of the wells in the valley and problems pertaining to distribution. He will maintain an office in the engineering section of tlie city hall.