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Las Vegas, Nevada - water rate schedule, regulations, and statutes prohibiting meters (1 of 2)
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V TOTAL MSASUIUMBIiTa OP ALL MTffl AVAILABLE - M 3 TOMS Ju ly 1931 Ju ly 1934 HeXX 3 ,8 7 7 ,6 3 2 g a ls . par day 2 ,5 0 7 ,0 4 0 g a ls , per day Big Spring 1 ,0 4 0 ,4 9 8 W If f ! 954,852 tf W tf L i t t l e Spring 913.043 IT W ft 823.680 H *f If Total a v a ila b le fo r Las Vegas 5 ,8 3 1 ,1 7 3 !1 ft If 4 ,2 8 5 ,5 7 2 ' • It -s* 19 Middle Spring 440,659 IT ?t tf 331.549 »f n ff Total Ju ly 1934 6,27 1 ,8 3 2 4 .6 1 7 .1 2 1 n tt n n tf t? 4 ,6 1 7 ,1 2 1 i f i t ft Decrease 1 ,6 5 4 ,7 1 1 p 1? 8 or 2 6 .4 $ d ecrease. Estim ated population - 7500 people. Water a v a ila b le ~ 4*285,572 g a ls , per day* Per c a p ita - 571.4 g a ls , per day. m ASUREm m s of r bsbevqib amp sst t l ik s b a s h Heaervoir S e ttlin g Basin Measurements during shortage, 9:30AM* Ju ly 17th , 1934 ............ 6 f t . 0 in . 1 f t . 6 in . A fter passing Oity Ordinance, 9:30AM, Ju ly 19th , 1 9 3 4 . . . . . . F u ll F u ll Sain in reserve supply due to red u ction in waste of w ater. ESTIMATED CQ2I3UMPTI0I BY REFRIGERATOR SYSTEMS (which are the p rin cip a l causes o f wasted water) S ix ty -fo u r se rv ice s use w ater-cooled r e fr ig e r a tio n systems, without reclaim ing the water fo r re -c o o lin g . Cooling machine with p isto n displacement w ill consums: 4i5i p isto n displacem ent, 10 gal per rain. 14,400 GPD, 432,000 GEMo 2 : " 8 n 6 tf n " 8,640 n 259,200 w Aver age 8 M ft 11,520 •ft 345,600 w Cost of water .0504 per 1000 g a ls . (Coat to LVL&’SGo,) 432,000 g a ls . @ .0504 - 1 21.77 259,200 " .0504 - 13.06 Estim ated lo s s of water through r e fr ig e r a tio n system s: 64 se rv ice s 2 11,520 G .P .B . equals 737,280 g allon s per day.