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of mm township Haft range, During 19*»7 there was «n average of 8,732,000 gallons ©f water per d«y er 978© eere-feet of water delivered from these valla an* springe and distributed through the voter company** distribution system. During 19^8 the delivered voter eaounted tan- a daily average of 9,338,000 galloae or 10,5^8 acre-feet for the year* this amount of voter represents about 30$ of the total output of voter in the entire Lae Vugee Talley. From the oonelaalona reached as a result of the ground voter survey, it ia felt that now voter is being taken from the valley than is being normally recharged. During the gnat five years there has boon * drop of about 3© feet la tie hydrostatic head of tbs Griffith veil Located in tide general area. Xt ie vary possible that the aeia cause fbr such drop le the lags heft on the underground voter supply hy the Water Company end other® and the great concentration of veils in this vicinity. Section L© of the 1939 Oroundvater Act (Section 7993.13 JI.C.L. 1931-hl supplement) ae amended hy Chapter 103 Statutes of 19h9 provides among other things that in acting on an application to appropriate voter, the State Engineer any consider the effect of such uee on the economy of the area in general •• and that in say basin the State Engineer nay restrict drilling of valla in any portion thereof if he determines that additional velle would oause au- undue interference with erleting veils ——. The proposed point of diversion under Application Vo. 12918 le located about lhOO feet northeasterly tram Well So. 10 of the titter Cea$aayj about IS©© feet easterly fron Wall Vo. 9 end about LOGO fbet southeasterly from Well Vo. 11. There ie no question in our made but that the paying ®r vithdrn*i*w of W fan a veil Xeeated at the proposed point of diversion would cause inter­ference to the Water Ceeagny veils. The enter situation in the Las Vegas valley has new reached a point Where great caution mast be exercised in the granting of additional permits, especially for irrigation purposes within the Las Vegas urban arms. Xt ie the opinion of the State Engineer that du© to th® great cwwontratiea of wells in the vicinity of the proposed point of diversion end the great magnitude of water withdrawn, that the safeguarding of the ecosmy of Lee Vegas demands that hereafter water met be placed only to the highest beneficial u»e, namely municipal, quasi-municipal and domestic was, and that no permits be granted for the appropriation of water for irrigation purpoeea because of the greater volume of water needed therefore. Xt ie therefore the rhttng of tire State Engineer that the protest of the Las Vegas land & Water Company be auetftine& and that ml Application Vo. 12916 be denied. Bespectfully submitted, I gg agg State Engineer 30, 19^9