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Newspaper clipping, City lifts ban on daytime watering for 15-Day period, Las Vegas Sun, July 25, 1950
Newspaper article informing the public that the Las Vegas City Commission lifted the restriction on daytime lawn watering for 15 days, with the commission calling on volunteerism for the time period.
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Newspaper clipping, Water waste is prohibited by law, April 28, 1945
Newspaper clipping from unknown source reminding readers of the city ordinance forbidding the waste of water.
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Newspaper clipping, Water report startles, Las Vegas Review-Journal, June 14, 1945
Newspaper article about a recently completed report. Author opined that unless something drastic was done soon, water would be the limiting factor on growth in Las Vegas.
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Newspaper clipping, Water level decline shown, Las Vegas Review-Journal, March 15, 1945
Newspaper article summarizing a 1945 U.S. Geological Survey report of a sharp water level decline in the Las Vegas artesian basin.
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Newspaper clipping, Water wrangle solution?, Las Vegas Review-Journal, November 17, 1944
Lorenzi recommending a pipeline from Lake Mead to supply water to Las Vegas to guarantee future development in the Las Vegas Valley.
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Newspaper clipping, Protest emergency water ordinance 247, Las Vegas Review-Journal, July 26, 1939
Lorenzi urging people to protest the passage of City Ordinance No. 247, because it creates the impression to possible future residents that Las Vegas does not have enough water.
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Newspaper clipping, Vegas Valley Water District progressing, Las Vegas Review-Journal, October 17,1947
Newspaper clipping discussing petitions to create a water district in the Las Vegas valley and a map of the proposed district.
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Newspaper clipping, Campaign started to complete signatures for Water District, Las Vegas Review-Journal, May 19, 1948
Story about a campaign to collect enough signatures to call an election for a vote on the creation of a water district for the Las Vegas valley.
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Newspaper clipping, Las Vegas Valley water withdrawal keeps even, Las Vegas Review-Journal, July, 21 1948
Residents of the Las Vegas Valley were withdrawing water at the same rate as was being recharged.
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Newspaper clipping, Water district for Las Vegas Valley moves step ahead, Las Vegas Review-Journal, August 8, 1948
Having received enough petition signatures, water district backers were moving on to the next step: a public meeting to discuss the issue.
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