The elections for Mayor and City Commission have brought the issue of municipal ownership of a water company in Las Vegas to the fore again

Discussion of the feasibility of bringing water from Lake Mead to Las Vegas

Discussion of the alternatives of supplying water to the Las Vegas Gunnery School (now a part of Nellis Air Force Base).

Newspaper clipping discussing petitions to create a water district in the Las Vegas valley and a map of the proposed district.

Story about a campaign to collect enough signatures to call an election for a vote on the creation of a water district for the Las Vegas valley.

Residents of the Las Vegas Valley were withdrawing water at the same rate as was being recharged.

Article describing how the Clark County Commission approved the petition to create a water district and set up plans for an election on the issue.