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    {future of Vegas Alley's Water 1 3 Supply Studied | | The future of Las Vegas val • ley’s water supply may be de eided within the next few day! in conferences between t h < 1 board of directors of the newlj formed water district and th( Las Vegas city commission. Members of the city board al -j 1 ready have indicated a definitf [; interest in purchasing the La Vegas Land and Water compan; . and operating it as a municipa S concern. Members of the water distric [ .-board, who have been studyin • the situation for several months.,... are convinced that, without the local utility as a foundation, the j , plans for bringing Lake Mead water into the valley for agri­cultural and domestic purposes j and to serve the air force base, | are impractical. First conference between the j two boards is being held this ‘j afternoon to determine, accord­ing to a member of the water - board, “justhow.serious the city actually is with regard to the’ purchase.” Main objection to the water; district program, it appears, isf the oppositon of many residents] to the. idea of blending Lake] Mead water with the artesian] supply- This objection, apparent­ly, is based on the idea that the lake water must be chemically] treated thereby attaining an un-i pleasant taste. However, experiments in Hen-j derson have resulted in discon-jj tinuing all treatment of the S' water except for standard chlori- j nation similar to that in vogue | j (Continued On Page 2) 1 > LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Las Vegas, Nevada, Sept* 23, 1949 | | ---------- o---------- >5 Future of Nevada j (Continued From Page 1) in most cities in the United States. Today’s discussions will neces-1 sarily be of a preliminary na­ture, it was indicated, but should definitely determine the position.; of the city with regard to pur-7 chase of the local utility. If the city should take over the water company, its service would be confined to the city limits, it was pointed out, and a check of the city’s financial status indicates it would be im­possible for many years to fi­nance construction of a pipe-line from Lake Mead to augment the present artesian supply which has proved inadequate during ihe summer months for some time past. A check of the air force base reveals that the water supply there is sufficient only to meet minimum requirements. Authorities there said this morning that they were count­ing on Lake Mead Water to pro­vide the additional supply neces­sary to carry out development and beautification plans already authorized. THE WAY DAVIS DAM WILL LOOK—This artist's drawing just completed by J. MacGilchrist, bu­reau of reclamation engineer; shows how Davis dam, 67 miles down the Colorado from Boulder dam, will look when completed shortly. It is expected that the work will be finished on the new .-Structure within the coming year.