Newspaper article about a recently completed report. Author opined that unless something drastic was done soon, water would be the limiting factor on growth in Las Vegas.
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Newspaper article summarizing a 1945 U.S. Geological Survey report of a sharp water level decline in the Las Vegas artesian basin.
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Lorenzi recommending a pipeline from Lake Mead to supply water to Las Vegas to guarantee future development in the Las Vegas Valley.
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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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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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Residents of the Las Vegas Valley were withdrawing water at the same rate as was being recharged.
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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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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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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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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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