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% Las Vegas - April 29, 1949 ¥ 25 Mr. Wm. Reinhardt: ( ee - Mr. E. E. Bennett) Your letter April 26, file 1-7334, regard­ing new rate for private swimming pools: Before transmitting the proposed new rate schedule to the Public Service Commission, please note the effect the same would have on our revenue as indicated by comparison shown in the following table. SIZE CU. FT. PRESENT NEW City Pool 57x144x6 t 49,248 130.00 $10.00 Westside 2%63 x6 9,072 30.00 7.50 Old Ranch 72x21x5 7,560 30.00 6.oo Biltmore 45x21x5 4,725 30.00 4.50 Mr. Daly 15x30x5 2,220 30.00 $150.00 3.00 131.00 Each of the above pools is equipped with a re-circulating system except the Old Ranch Pool, the water from the latter being used for irrigation on the Las Vegas Ranch after being used for swimming purposes in the pool. While we would specify in our submission to the Public Service Commission that the proposed new rates would apply only to private swimming pools, the old rate to remain in effect for public pools, the Commission would probably refuse to recognize this dif­ferentiation on the theory that water rates should be based on the amount of water used, regardless of whether it is used for public or private purposes. We have had several requests for water service to proposed new swimming pools to be constructed in the rear of private homes and in the absence of meters it was my thought that we should make the rate high enough to discourage the construction of a large number of pools. While a few of these would have no serious af­fect on thb general supply, a largp number would, and the unfavorable feature is that the swimming pools are operated only during the.summer months when we h a w the heaviest demand for ordinary domestic use. -1-