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Agreement between the Arizona Water Banking Authority and the Southern Nevada Water Authority for the storage of Colorado River water in 2002, 2002 July 10

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Bruce Turner Collection on Transportation and Water in Southern Nevada
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Collection Number: MS-00648
Collection Name: Bruce Turner Collection on Transportation and Water in Southern Nevada
Box/Folder: Box 11

Archival Component

Agreement regarding the furnishing of water from Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company and Union Pacific Railroad Company to the Las Vegas Land and Water Company, November 30, 1950

Date

1950-11-30

Archival Collection

Description

Contract between the Las Vegas Land and Water Company and the railroad and the new rate the water company will pay for water. "C.D. No. 15674-1" written in ink on cover page. Also has stamps "U.P. Audit No. 74531" and "LVL&WCo Audit No. 10567." Law dept. copy, approved by E.E. Bennett October 10, 1950.

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Photograph of water treatment plant in Boulder City, circa 1931

Date

1931 (year approximate)

Description

Water treatment plant and water tank in Boulder City.

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Photograph of advancing waters of Lake Mead, Nevada, 1938

Date

1938-06

Description

Looking east at Hugh Lords' garage and the Valley of Fire from the advancing waters of Lake Mead.

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Photograph of water storage pond at Kyle (Taylor) Ranch, 1964

Date

1964

Description

Water storage pond with pipeline in the foreground.

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Series 4. Water Resources, 1942-1978

Level of Description

Series

Scope and Contents

The Water Resources series (1942-1978) contains reference materials, drafts and proofs of the book Water - A History of Las Vegas, commissioned and published by the Las Vegas Valley Water District in 1975. Florence Lee Jones and John F. Cahlan co-wrote the first volume, and she authored the second volume by herself. The series includes research, correspondence, minutes, notes and clippings, and reports.

Archival Collection

Florence Lee Jones and John Cahlan Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00200
Collection Name: Florence Lee Jones and John Cahlan Papers
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Charlie Waters Jr. oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02646

Archival Collection

Kiriscioglu, Tanju, "Perception of Ecological Risk to Water Environments and How it Affects Water Consuption and Water Resource Management in Southern Nevada", 2010 Summer

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

University of Nevada, Las Vegas Theses, Dissertations, and Honors Papers
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Collection Number: UA-00082
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Theses, Dissertations, and Honors Papers
Box/Folder: Box 383

Archival Component

Kiriscioglu, Tanju, "Perception of Ecological Risk to Water Environments and How it Affects Water Consuption and Water Resource Management in Southern Nevada", 2010 Summer

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

University of Nevada, Las Vegas Theses, Dissertations, and Honors Papers
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: UA-00082
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Theses, Dissertations, and Honors Papers
Box/Folder: Box 383

Archival Component

A man uses an umbrella in the water spray caused by overflow water in the Arizona spillway, looking west at Hoover Dam, Arizona: photographic slide

Date

1983-08

Description

This series of photographs documents the historic water overflow at Hoover Dam as seen from the Arizona side of the dam. Taken in August of 1983, this overflow marked the first time the spillways were used during a flood. After initially being filled, the spillways were tested once in August of 1941.

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