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Mr. Calvin K. Cory Pare 2 Jan, 9, 1951 Bakersfield, California Barotov, California Glendale, California Hanford, California Los Angeles, California Los Angeles - suburbs - So. Calif, Water Co# Los Angeles — suburbs • Calif. Water Service Co, Rational City, California Pal® Springe, California Phoenix, Arizona Tucson, Arizona l a s r m AS, KSVASA Cubic ft. for $2.19 1,492 1,752 1,685 1,161 1,480 1,855 1,298 568 816 1,991 1,487 4,696 Both of these tables Indicate the extravagant use of jater In Lao Vegas as compared to other to m i s , some of which are desert towns* You also recall that on September 20th and 21st, 1950, an Investigation m e held^by tfte Public ^ v v l o e Co®- mission upon complaint of the city In C a m f i e . 1207, whidh oase m e submitted on an agreed stipulation that the_ Vator fhQpany had performed certain work in oonneotlon with Its water production faculties and would make a report to the Commission, all of which has been done. However, in oours© of that healing, Hr. Wilbur C. Anderson, City H^^ae^r for the City of Las Vegas, testified that the present dally consumption per capita In Las Vegas was 490 gallons per day* The question then arose with respect to the necessity of installation of snters in the oity as a means of conserving waste of water and Mr. 8.W. Cragin, Mayor of the City of Las Vegas, on cross-examination, testified In part as followsJ ?q . x m would agree, X believe, that there Is water which Is wasted In the City which could be Utilized in the proper manner if a method of conserving it could be found* A. X have contended that for a long time and X think that whether the Mater Company stays in business or the City themselves or the Las Vernas Valley Water District, they are going to have to have meters so the people will use It properly.