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5 H First, the existing State Law prohibiting use of meters or other measuring devices for water furnished individual users in cities in excess of A, 500 population. Second, extreme climatic conditions, combined with long growing season and a highly porous soil. Third, large leakage losses due to wooden lines. Fourth, inability of Water Company to place any restrictions on water usage without passage of a City Ordinance, and lack of any cooperation from Civic Authorities. While this has been true in the past, an Ordinance has now been passed which becomes effective in June, and which conteins the provisions as outlined in the Las Vegas Evening Review Journal of May 5* 1936, as follows: "The Las Vegas city commission passed for first reading an ordinance designed to prohibit the waste of water during the summer months, and establishing penalties of $50 fine or 25 days in jail for its violation. "Under the ordinance, the waste of water is declared to be unlawful and is defined as: "1. Permitting a hydrant, tap, cock or valve connected with any water system to leak onto the ground or into the sink, bowl, toilet or tub connected with a sewer, cesspool, sump or any other opening, after the person has been notified to remedy the leak. ”2. Permitting the water from any water system to flow from any hose, tap, valve, hydrant, pipe or cock directly into any sewer or cesspool after notice or knowledge thereof, without first putting such water to beneficial use. ”3. Permitting or causing the water from any water system to flow into any public street or alley within the city or upon the lot or land of another after notice thereof. '? SI "4. The waste of water in any manner by any person, corporation or association without first putting same to beneficial use. "5. Permitting with knowledge, water to escape before beneficial use from any pipe, drain, or other conveyor, either above or below the surface of the ground. "The ordinance will be read for the second time at the June meeting of the board and become effective then." This will no doubt prove helpful, but in order to prove effective will necessitate petroling city to detect wastage, and examinations should be made from time to time of household facilities to develop whether or not leakage