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toe Angeles - February 5* tffil Mr. B. H. Prater; Demand for water at Lae Vegas threatens to exceed the amount for which we provided in our previous budget recommenda­tion* and I feel It important that we now provide for a further supply so that we will be able to produce what now appears to be the probable maximum demand and in addition have a margin of safety. w« have made a careful canvass of the situation at Lae Vegas with respect to anticipated housing conetraction to occur between now and the end of the heavy demand period in September* and estimate a probable <p§ additional houses as dstallsd on attached sheet. We have used Mr. Bracken's estimated per capita hot weather consumption of 600 SPD, and estimated an average of I persons per house. Using last year's maximum consumption and the estimated additional water required for anticipated new hous­ing which we will be obliged to serve between now and the end of the 19*fe hot weather period, we have: Anticipated iqfrS Maximum Demands Last year's City maximum demand - - - - - - $MrQ new services 9 J persons # 600 OPD per capita - Contingency for Magnesium and cushion - total estimated maximum demand - was* ti 100 000 GP& - - 1 p | 000 • BOO 000 « - 4 i i 000 00Q * - - 9 592 000 OPD - - 9 6oo 000 • to meet this demand* our conservatively estimated pro­duction ability* after completion of the work now authorised, ie: Last year's maximum production from wells and springs in vicinity of reservoir, o,^98*000 OPDj account heavy pull upon all wells* con­servative estimate for 19^2 from same source- - 6 000 000 GPD Dependable capacity of well on Railroad premises - SgO 000 " / (1)