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V CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE COMPANY 4492 WHITTIER BOULEVARD Phone ANgelus 12116 Los Angeles 22, California February 8, 1951 V/ Mr. W. H. Johnson Post Office Box 169 Las Vegas, Nevada Dear Mr. Johnson: As requested in your letter of February 2nd, we have made an analysis of the water consumption on two different inotels and one small hotel in the East Los Angeles district. The following is an explanation of the sizes of these units and the average consumption for each: A 16 unit motel consisting of 14 bedrooms, showers, and^toilet units and 2 two room apartments including a kitchen. There is no yard irrigation on this motel,and consumption averages 4,000 cubic feet per month. The consumption being quite consistent. A large type of motel comprising 62 units of which 48 are apart­ments including a kitchen, bath, and toilet. The other 14 are sleep­ing rooms with bath and toilet. There is no landscaping to use water for irrigation at this location, and the average monthly consumption of water has been 5,500 cubic feet. The ama,11 residential type neighborhood hotel included in our analysis is a little more difficult to analyze because there are three stores in the building which receive water service through the same meter in addition to the consumption for the hotel proper. These other uses are: 1. For a furniture store having six employees. 2. A liquor store with two employees. 3. A small restaurant having seating capacity of 36. The hotel itself consists of 29 rooms without bath or toilet, 8 rooms with bath and toilet, and one apartment with kitchen. The average consumption of water in this hotel has been 8,000 cubic feet per month.