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of^a^mlle^* **** i ^ ” 0t I S ) i t is probably thros-quarter, head - in ^ d e r 't o ^ e ^ u i r u e e ^ f ” hj ™ t e r .° a” ^ ^ *“ th* aq" aoa,is We are hot setting up a p olicy of no more d r illin g . There are certain watch'over t p l 1 ^ 8 S° &he&d' &nd there are °ther areas w® must keep in^ can be‘ do™ £ ? .o ritio a J .areaf « mention, i t may be possible that some d r ill* {$£ b® d° n® '.but our actl0n w in ba »lov7 because we are responsible to you - lp iS | $ 9 | g |10 | p | | tha p i “d in that ™ t k , 4.4 ° 7 P0li0y W in be rath9r f l e * ib le . we cannot have more d rillin g in watchr^ iCaiv,are^ &V I mentioned, our action must be slow in order that we can bben. i f we determine in a year or so that there can be additional n ^ than w K S ^ S t ^ m S ^ th6n ^ °an g° ahead* now than is ju s tifia b le , and we get down to the rese rvIofir w -e taoll otwhe mooures hPioenrm, ivtos u might say, there w ill be a sudden drop in the hydrostatic pressure, and the i.istory is that in an artesian basin, where there has been over-depletion, it very seldom- ever comes back, that’ s what we have to guard against. (Applause.) CHAIRMAN KELCH* Many points have been cleared up. There may be many of these experts hbe‘ re Twh^ith f0urs et: o d1a ”y1. 11W ae t cethrtlaa int lly« w caanlt1 aulPl °no f 3o™u r *q° u«es*ti oqnusestion, cleared up. The speakers have a ll said that our artesian b e lt is not unlimited, and I am wondering what maximum population could survive on our present water supply. Mr Strong or Mr. Smith or Mr. Shamberger, would you like to give us an idea o f what you think on this question? ^ S an ,, . MR* SHAMBERGER* We think that i f proper conservation steps are taken, the water used m the City would probably Increase perhaps 25$ or 50$, and i f rigid conservation were taken, the present supply would probably maintain the present population but whether i t would maintain 10,000 or 20,000 more, we couldn’ t say, we would have to guess. CHAIRMAN KELCH# What is the present daily average consumption? MR. SHAMBERGER* During August of this year, we have figured that there were 3ft second fe e t of water being extracted from the basin — the Tule Springs area, the Army area, and the paradise Valley area. We believe that the average consumption throughout the area would be in the neighborhood of 27 second fe e t. A second fo o t is about 26,000 gallons. The Water Company fo r six months got up to eleven m illion gallons a day. CHAIRMAN KELCH* Mr. Strong, has the Las Vegas Land ft Water Company given any study to the p o ssib ility of additional water supply from Lake Mead? MR. STRONG* No, s i r , we have not, fo r the particular reason that, as a corporation, i f we were to approach the Government to acquire its f a c i l i t i e s , the Government would, no doubt, to protect i t s e l f , advertise fo r bid s, and then guard themselves in every way against the se lfis h interests of corporations. We understand the B.M.I, water project has a greater capaoity than the maximum needs of Basic, Is the capaoity o f the pumping plant and the whole .fa c ility greater (8)