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LVLWC Las Vegas, Nevada - proposed municipal ownership of water and power systems at Las Vegas, Nevada (1 of 2)

Date

1934 to 1950

Archival Collection

Description

Series 2. Las Vegas Land and Water Company -- General Manager, Manager of Properties, and Manager of Industrial Development in Los Angeles, California -- Industrial Development Subject Files

Mixed Content

NDWP (Nevada Division of Water Planning), 1999a, "Nevada Water Facts, Surface and Grouijd-Water Quality," http://www.state.nv.us/cnr/ndwp/wat-fact/sgwq.htm, April 21, Carson City, Nevada, 1999

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for Yucca Mountain, Nevada
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Collection Number: MS-00603
Collection Name: Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for Yucca Mountain, Nevada
Box/Folder: Box 13

Archival Component

Newspaper clipping, County approves petition for Water District, Las Vegas Review-Journal, August 30, 1948

Date

1948-08-30

Archival Collection

Description

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.

Text

Work orders for additional pipelines to increase existing water supply line, Las Vegas, April -May 1931

Date

1931-04
1931-05

Archival Collection

Description

The first sheet, form 30, a work order authority for extensions and additions to the water supply line on the Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad Company's property, includes a description of the work and the necessity for the work, with a total estimated expenditure. The second sheet, form 30-1, a work order authority with detailed estimated expenditures, includes an itemized list of the quantity and cost of parts and labor. Forms are accompanied by a map, referenced below, that includes colored outlines of existing and proposed facilities.

Text

Cypress Gardens Water Ski Show for the 50th Anniversary of Hoover Dam: photographic print

Date

1985-07-31 to 1985-08-04

Description

From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171). Cypress Gardens Water Ski Show was one of the special events scheduled for the 50th Anniversary of Hoover Dam. Show presented by Las Vegas Events, Inc.

Image

Water Supply Forecasts for the Western United States 1960-61 Water Year. Including forecasts prepared by: U.S. Department of Commerce Weather Bureau and State of California Department of Water Resources, Vol. 13, Nos. 1-5, 1961 January to 1961 May

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Howard Cannon Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00002
Collection Name: Howard Cannon Papers
Box/Folder: Box 36 (86th Session)

Archival Component

Fence diagram showing lithology of valley-fill deposits and summary of water-bearing properties for valley-fill and bedrock units, Las Vegas Valley, Nevada, 1981 (Water-supply paper 2320-A)

Date

1981

Description

'Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey. Water-supply paper 2320-A, plate 2.' 'Prepared in cooperation with the Clark County Department of Comprehensive Planning.' 'Geology by R.W. Plume, 1981.' Scale [ca. 1:95,040. 1 in.=approx. 1.5 miles]. Series: U.S. Geological Survey water-supply paper
2320-A. Originally published as plate 2 of Ground-water conditions in Las Vegas Valley, Clark County, Nevada. Part I. Hydrogeologic framework / by Russell W. Plume, published by the U.S. Geological Survey in 1989 as Water-supply paper 2320-A. "Prepared in cooperation with the Clark County Department of Comprehensive Planning."

Text

Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to W. H. Guild comparing water consumption between January 1942 and 1943, February 2, 1943

Date

1943-02-02

Archival Collection

Description

Letter comparing Las Vegas water usage in January in 1942 and 1943.

Text

Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to W. H. Guild comparing water consumption between May 1942 and 1943, June 1, 1943

Date

1943-06-01

Archival Collection

Description

Letter comparing Las Vegas water usage in May in 1942 and 1943.

Text

Water-Level Changes Associated with Ground-Water Development in Las Vegas Valley, Nevada, 1971-1972, Geological Survey Open-File Report, 1972

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

David Donovan Collection on Hydrology and Geology
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Collection Number: MS-00813
Collection Name: David Donovan Collection on Hydrology and Geology
Box/Folder: Box 39

Archival Component