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very low rates to the water users. In fact, our rates, based upon the volume of water used, are lower than practic­ally any City in the country and generally very materially lower. The present rates of the Company have not been in­creased for the past 20 years. It is true that in some peak period of demand, our pressures have not been entirely satisfactory in some locations. Likewise, we freely admit that, as the population continues to grow in Las Vegas, it will be necessary to aug­ment the present water supply. The question here presented is what method would be most feasible to augment the water supply to the City of Las Yegas and three suggestions have been made upon which I would like to comment. The first of these is to have the cooperation of the people of Las Vegas in the conservation of water and the prevention of the waste of water. You will recall that a short time back there were certain restrictions or restrictive ordinances limiting the time within which lawns could be sprinkled in this city. During the short time those ordin­ances were in effect and were enforced, the consumption of water was reduced approximately 3,000,000 gallons a day, which is a very substantial saving and which would permit a backlog to be built up to take care of peak periods during excessively hot weather. - 2-