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    Hr. Earley A* Harmon, Chairman, Public ^grvie e Commissi on. Carsob City, Eevada. M dear Harley; As, yom .may Hare noticed from the las Vegas paper, the City of las Veges ig feeing a rather serious situation with regard to its water supply, and this condition has ex­isted for the past six weeks. At the present time, we are Jest holding ©or own and m i s is due to two things? first, the cooperation we are receiving from the people'here in response to ©nr frank statement of aonditi ors which we pub­lished in the newspaper, and second, because of the cool weather which we hare been enjoying for the past few weeks. However, we hay© at least sixty days of hot weather before us and it is reasonable to assume that the water con­sumption will increase during that time. At the present time an average of 3 #VV8,0OO gallons of water per day is being con­sumed by the city, or 4?I gallons per person per day, based on a population of 3,000. fhere is no question that a large percentage of this water is act being put to beneficial use, but is being used to sprinkle the roof of buildings, run thru old-fashioned cooling systems and thence into the sewer, or passing through hoses and out into the street where it runs down the gutter. Water is sold here on a flat-rate basis, as we are not permitted to'use meters under the law, azd there seemed to be no way to prohibit the useless waste of this ©ssentihl commodity except by means of a city ordinance, Hast year, when we were confronted with a water shortage, we promptly took the matter up with the iJayor and Gity Commissi oners and in due course an ordinance m s passed, prohibiting useless waste of water and with this assistance from the city officials we were able to get through the summer without any hardship to the citizens of the community.