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M M M m QBtSTlOSB COSC&tMXBC fH l WATCH SITUATIOI II TIB M S YEGAS VALLEY ACCBBTID m m board cp directcm or the las yegas bbtada chamber of commerce at A SPECIAL MBSTIBG HBLD OCTOBER 1 7 t h * 1 9 4 4 . 1* Inasnuoh mi th l 2m Yogas Mod and Water Company has protastad a rsMitt application Tor a n oli permit, on w hat basis could the permit ha refused, i f It la proved that this eater la to bo put to beneficial use? Be Has the las Vegas land and Water Company file d , or attempted to f i le , a blanket pretest against a ll future n oli drillin g in the las Yogas artesian d istrict nhich night interfere with the flo e of the n oils eased by the company? I f th is is true, ohat is the known method of' determining Which nolle might interfere with their mater supply? *• Is these any truth to the rumor that the las Yogas and Water Company now claims that further granting o f n oil permits would seriously deplete the eater supply to a point below the preeent requirements of ear eonmunity? 4, Bas the State Engineer determined the lim it uf n oil permits nhieh could he safely granted in the Lae Vegas Artesian Belt? I f so, hew has this determination been reached? •• la i t true that the Las Yogas land and Water Company recently etated that in their opinion the enter supply in the Lae Yogas Artesian belt mas practically inexhaustible, but mere recently has changed their minds in this regard and at present seems deeply concerned ss to tbs probable, adequacy nf the Las Yogas Artesian supply? 4, What is the attitude of the Lae Yogas Land and Water Company toward developing a source of water supply fo r the eonmunity ether than the artesian source? ?• Request e ll factual information available from the State Engineer and the Me Yogas Land and Water Company relative to the adequacy er inadequacy of the preeent artesian water supply.