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mm II T9K warn OF AFPLICATIDg 10, ) 12918 H KAMI ©f &GZ WUMUm TO l Asmsmum 'mmmmim mam m tss » las vmm must, cum comm, wsvasa ) Application So. 12918 was filed lay lb, tfl# Ily Mnk laUeaaiea to appropriate 0,50 «,f «a* of the m&mr&xw.-m& water* in the Lea Toga* Valley for irrigation end Aa—tie purpoeee. The proposed point of liititlca ie at a j^lstfe within the SSi§ m§ Section 32, f. SO 8,, 1* &.1. susS. froa which the W§ corner of said Section 32 ban I, 1° 29* V., a diatesee of 1537 feet* The proposed place of wee la on $0 acre# located within the ml m§ and SW£ S% of said Seetloa 32. On September 8, Wkf a protest was filed by the Lae Vsgae Lend & Water Company to the granting of a permit trader Appllomios S»« 12918. Warn reasons wet forth by eald grataatarat are herewith $oot*d» "That the wada* situation In Lae Vega* ie eo acute wa are hawing difficulty In davcloping sufficient ratter tmr domestic purpoeee, and If applleaat la allowed to drill a well below our Sell So. 1© It will of course Interfere with the water Supply for doaaetle purposes, In cur opinion it ie m*eh acre important that tMs water be con* ratHu> far dossetlo purposes rather then for irrigation purpooee of 5© acres of aUUh owned by applicant** On 4fesmftxy 1©? X9bl ft certain daftaed area with the Las Vegas Valley was set up as a "desiprated area* pursuant to Saotien k of the 1939 {hrauniwater Act (Section 7993.13 K.C.L. 193X~bX Suppleseent«« aubrawtuant to such data and In conformity with the 1939 ©round Wester Statute, a rail! eupsrwinor was onplayed and the State tagineer, tiaras^ such supervisor, regulated the distribution of water and wall drilling within each area. Is «htly, g$S& a comprehensive ground ratter study mm ecmseaeed la the Lee Vegas Valley under a cooperative agreement with the dmsad.water Btviaica of the Waited States {geological Survey. The findings of such study le documented in Water Jteeourcee Bulletin Ho. 5, a publication of the office of State Sagiaear. the Protectant, Lae Vegas Land & Water Company, le a public utility and aa each supplies and diatribe&eo water to the City of Lee Vegas end portion of its urbane area. The ratter »f#,f ie derived free alevea deep wells end three springe* The walla extend in a general north-south direction, the most southerly being Veil Ie. 10 located within the 3E| f*Sf Seeriea 31, T. @0 flu, 1*. 6l I, and the aost northerly well being located within the 8B§ SKf Section 30*