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    f e t a l g a l l o m p a v a ila b le from sources shows o f approxim ately 4,700,000 g a llo n s per la y . Statement o f water consumption by months f o r year 1935 i s shown below; By Months of 1935 fossa o f Las fesa s E.E.Corauany Jan* 43,641,700 17,166,000 F©W 46,068,900 17,971,000 4ar, 62,519,700 15,540,000 -i-pr , 69,536,000 15,276,000 ?ifey 87,778,500 15,311.000 June 123,403,500* 13,740,000 July 93,890,600* 17,486,000 Aug. 117,058,600 16,318,000 Sept* oo f>ft A if if" f w § V* 22,164,000 Oot. 72,921,000 22,461 ,000 i'ov * 07,780,400 17,604,000 Bee* 45,731 ,000 20,347,000 ( * ) Meter o t o f ord er. June readings adjusted in July. I t w iH be noted that during Magnaat consumption reached 133.376,600 g a llo n s , an av rage o f 4,303,471 g a llon s per day. fh ia is 397,529 gallon s le s s than testa' production shown above, y e t i t was necessary to operate p u p in ^ i l r u & yard producing 1 , 000,000 g a ll one per day continuously during summer months. This apparent discrepancy Is due to the fa c t that th ere is 1 7/8 m iles o f lin e between p oin t o f production and point o f meterage from which la r g e lo s s e s are sustained. Shore is a lso the fa c to r that any water p r o ­duced In excess o f r e s e r v o ir capaci y goes over sp illw a y to ranch and is , o f course, not a v a ila b le fo r d is tr ib u tio n . A ph ysical check o f th is wooden lin e shown an extrem ely la rg e number o f leaks# Absence o f any la r g e pools in v l n i c i t y o f lin e s in d ic a te s r i l is pery porous