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LVLWC - Board of Directors meetings (1 of 6)
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Water Supply - drilling wells 7 and 8
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Newspaper clipping, Vegas Valley Water District progressing, Las Vegas Review-Journal, October 17,1947
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Archival Collection
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Newspaper clipping discussing petitions to create a water district in the Las Vegas valley and a map of the proposed district.
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Newspaper clipping, Campaign started to complete signatures for Water District, Las Vegas Review-Journal, May 19, 1948
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Archival Collection
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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.
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Newspaper clipping, Las Vegas Valley water withdrawal keeps even, Las Vegas Review-Journal, July, 21 1948
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Archival Collection
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Residents of the Las Vegas Valley were withdrawing water at the same rate as was being recharged.
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Newspaper clipping, Water district for Las Vegas Valley moves step ahead, Las Vegas Review-Journal, August 8, 1948
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Archival Collection
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Having received enough petition signatures, water district backers were moving on to the next step: a public meeting to discuss the issue.
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Newspaper clipping, County approves petition for Water District, Las Vegas Review-Journal, August 30, 1948
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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.
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Newspaper clipping, October 19 set for water district vote, Las Vegas Review-Journal, September 16, 1948
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Archival Collection
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Clark County Commission set October 19, 1948 as the date for a vote on the creation of the Las Vegas Valley Water District
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Letter from A. M. Folger (Las Vegas) to William Reinhardt, September 27, 1948, and newspaper clipping, From where I sit, Las Vegas Review-Journal, September 26, 1948
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In the enclosed editorial sent with correspondence, Cahlan expressed a concern that if the water district were created, they would begin to get their water from Lake Mead, which of necessity would be chlorinated.
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Newspaper clipping, Install meters to check water wastage, Las Vegas Review-Journal, November 22, 1949
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Archival Collection
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The City of Las Vegas is installing water meters throughout the city to check usage. The meters are only for statistical usage and will be removed when the tests are done. Newpaper clipping is attached to plain paper with "Las Vegas Review-Journal, November 22, 1949" typewritten on it and "80-" written in red pencil. Paper has 3 date stamps "E.E.B. Nov 25 1949," "H.E.D. Nov 25 1949" and "U.P. R.R. CO. Law Department L.A. Nov 25 1949." Additionally, "Mr. E. E. Bennett Los Angeles" is handwritten and a date stamp "E.E.B. Nov 25 1949" are sideways on an attached paper label.
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