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Friday, Aug. 18, 1950 LAS VEGAS MORNING SUN 3 iegas Uses Less Water WitSiout Curbs, Report Says A report on the recent 15-day study of water usage in Las Vegas, during a test period after restrictions against daytime lawn watering were lifted, showed less consumption than that" reported by the Las Vegas Land and Wa­ter Co. during the time the ban was in force, City Engineer W. C. Anderson said yesterday. Anderson said the water corn-,, pa'ny: reported an average'’ dally usage, of 14,000,000 gallons .dur­ing the summer - months when the restriction against daytime sprinkling ? was enforced, - The city engineer’s 15-day figures showed an average daily usage of 12,697,894 . gallons without re­strictions. ' | He pointed out that during the 115 days-, two rainstorms occurred, whien dropped the usage to about 3,000,000 gallons on those days and lowered , the average, but that on only three, days of the 15 did the’ total daily gallonage exceed 14,000,000. •.Listed are Anderson’s figures • of usage by date i The city engineer’s report rec­ommended no further compuls­ory restrictions on the public, bdt a continued rigid enforce­ment o f the water wast$ .ordi­nance. “Without the waste of water,’’ Anderson stated, “Las Vegas can get along nicely without restric-uons on its outdoor watering habits. E G A S , N E V A D A July 27 - 8,438,100 •23' 1 11,460,900 29 _ 13,296,500 30 _ 12,912,100 31 13,122,100 Aug. 1 11,868,400 2, - 13,344,700 3 _ 10,259,800 4 - - 13,818,500 5 13,726,900 6 _ - 13,200,100 . 7 - 13,166,500 8 14,004,600 9 _ 14,233,500 dO _ 14,293,300 11 8,930,300 July 26, inch rain. approximately % August 10, approximately V2 inch rain.