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LAS VEGAS EVENING REVIEW JOURNAL May S3, 1946 Meeting to Discuss Las Vegas Water Supply Set for June 5 A m eetin g to discuss th e fu -i P ro -T ern C h a rles R . “P a t” C lark, tu re w a ter supply fo r th e city The- m eetin g w as decided upon of L a s V egas has b een set fo r today, during th e city board M onday, Ju n e 3, at 7:30 in th e m eetin g, fo llow in g th e read ing city com m issioners’ cham b ers, it o f a le tte r fro m th e sta te engi 1 w as announced today b y M ayor m fvsstt m n e er's o ffice in w h ich fe a r was exp ressed reg ard in g th e fu tu re supply o f w ater. A cco rd in g to th e sta te engi­n eers’ rep o rt, a po in t is rapid ly b ein g reach ed w h ere th e annual ta k e -o ff is m atch in g th e rech arge and th e day is not fa r distant, according to th e engineer, w hen th e re serv o ir o f underground w a te r w ill sta rt b eing drained. T h e en g in eer said th a t L a s V e ­gas h as about reach ed its m a x i­m um " exp an sion capacity, as fa r as th e u n d erg ro u n d 'w ater supply is concerned. T h e en g in eer said th a t th e on­ly m ethod w h ich could p ro tect thfe w a ter supply w ould b e in cu rta ilm e n t of W ell-d rilling p e r­m its and th is w ould b e fo rth ­com ing in th e n e a r fu tu re Unless m ore w a ter sources w ere found. T h e s ta te en g in eer suggested that a w a ter d istrict be' form ed in th is a re a w h ich w ould have th e pow er to tap new sources of w ater and b rin g th e flu id to L as V egas fo r in d u strial expansion and oth er d evelopm ent. This should b e done im m ediately, the le tte r said. I t w as suggested b y C la rk th at a m eetin g b e h eld am ong re p re ­sen tativ es of th e city, county, ch am b er of com m erce and other in terested p arties, and th e con­fe re n ce w as set fo r Ju n e 3. §f 5 BSn