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QUEST I OSS COHCERHIHO THE WATER SITUATION XI THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY ACCEPTED BY THE BOARD OP DIRECTORS OF THE LAS VEGAS REV ADA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AT A SPECIAL MEETIBG HELD OCTOBER 17th# 1944. X* Inasmuch as tha Las Vsg*s Land and Watsr Company has protestad a reeent application for a noil permit, on t hat basis oeuld tbs permit bo refussd, if it is prorod that this voter is to bo pat to beaofioial asst 2, Has tbs Las Yogas Land and Water Company filed, or attempted to fils, a blanket protest against all future veil drilling in the Las Vegas artesian district Which might interfere eith the flow of the wells owned by the eaapaay? If this if true. What is the known method of determining whloh nolle might interfere with their water supply? 8* Xe there any truth to the rumor that the Lae Vegas Land and Water Company new si aims that further granting of wall permlta would seriously deplete the water supply to a point below the present requirements of our eemmunityf 4* Has the State Engineer determined the limit of well permits which could be aefoly granted in the Lae Yogas Artesian Belt? If as, hew has this determination been reached? 6, Xa it true that the Lae Yegaa Land and Water Company recently stated that in their opinion the water supply in the Lae Yogas Artesian belt was praotioally inexhaustible, but mere re sent ly has shangsd their minds in this regard and at present seems deeply eeneemed as to the probable edequaey ef the Las Yogas Artesian supply? 6, What is the attitude ef the Lae Yogas Land a m Water Company toward developing a source of water supply fear the ooamunity other than the artesian sourest 7* Request ell factual information available from the State Engineer and the Lae Yogas Land and Watar Company relative to the adequacy or inadequacy of the present artesian water supply*