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Newspaper clipping, City lifts ban on daytime watering for 15-Day period, Las Vegas Sun, July 25, 1950
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Archival Collection
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Newspaper article informing the public that the Las Vegas City Commission lifted the restriction on daytime lawn watering for 15 days, with the commission calling on volunteerism for the time period.
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Memo from W. H. Johnson about possible revisions to the water restrictions ordinance to make it more effective, July 21, 1950
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Archival Collection
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Memo discussing possible revisions to the water restrictions ordinance to make it more effective.
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Letter from A. M. Folger (Las Vegas) to William Reinhardt, July 19, 1950
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Archival Collection
Description
Folger reporting that he attended a meeting on possible revisions to a water restrictions ordinance, and that he spoke in opposition to it being repealed.
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Letter from Las Vegas Land and Water Co. General Manager to C. W. Shelley (Las Vegas), July 7, 1950
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Archival Collection
Description
Las Vegas Land and Water Co. requesting an invoice from the city to pay the money they owed for having two uniformed officers enforcing water restrictions for the summer.
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Chart of pressure readings from a well at Huntridge subdivision, June 1950
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Archival Collection
Description
Handwritten note: three days of pressure readings from a well in the Huntridge subdivision
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Violation notice of the water waste city ordinance, 1950
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Archival Collection
Description
Violation notice (front and back) informing violators that if they violated the ordinance again they may be arrested (City Ordinance No. 218)
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Letter from L. R. Maag (Las Vegas) to William Reinhardt (Los Angeles), June 19, 1953
Date
Archival Collection
Description
The Las Vegas Land and Water Co. received complaints of trucks taking water from fire hydrants, wasting large amounts of water and causing water pressure to drop.
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Public service announcement by the Las Vegas Land and Water Company about avoiding water waste, KRAM Radio, 1950
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Transcript of a radio public service announcement reminding people to turn off their sprinklers at midnight and leave them off until 5 am or risk a citation from the police.
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Newspaper clipping, Water waste is prohibited by law, April 28, 1945
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Archival Collection
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Newspaper clipping from unknown source reminding readers of the city ordinance forbidding the waste of water.
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Letter from D. F. Wengert (Los Angeles) to W. C. Perkins, April 5, 1950
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Letter indicating that the State Engineer may soon require the metering of the wells and springs in Las Vegas.
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