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Water flows over the Arizona spillway, looking southwest at Hoover Dam, Arizona: photographic slide
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Transcript of interview with Colleen Gregory by Tim Waters, April 6 & 7, 1976
On April 6 and 7, 1976, Tim Waters interviewed Colleen Gregory (born 1928 in Santa Clara, Utah) about her life in Southern Nevada. Gregory first talks about her original move to Las Vegas, her early education, school activities, and her college education. She also talks about the first banks, Helldorado, the atomic testing, and environmental changes. Other topics covered include Howard Hughes, Western-style influences, first properties on the Strip, World War II, racial prejudice, and changes she has noticed during her career in banking.
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Street in St. Thomas townsite being covered with water because of rising water levels from Lake Mead: photographic print, approximately 1930 to 1940
Collection Name: Pueblo Grande de Nevada Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Box 03
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Memo from W. H. Johnson about possible revisions to the water restrictions ordinance to make it more effective, July 21, 1950
Memo discussing possible revisions to the water restrictions ordinance to make it more effective.
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Las Vegas Valley Water Quality Program; Contract 6 - Water Quality Standards Study and Hydraulic Study by Brown & Caldwell, 1980 March 26
Collection Name: Clark County Planning Commission Research Library Collection
Box/Folder: Box 12
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Graphics for CONSERV90 Workshop: Evaluating Water Conservation with the IWR-Main Water Use Forecasting System by Planning and Management Consultants, Ltd, 1990 August
Collection Name: Clark County Planning Commission Research Library Collection
Box/Folder: Box 19
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Zikmund, Kimberly S., "Potential Use of High-Salinity Shallow Ground Water or Wash Water for Large Scale Turf Irrigation in Las Vegas", 1997 Summer
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Theses, Dissertations, and Honors Papers
Box/Folder: Box 199
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Reports prepared by Las Vegas Valley Water District (LVVWD)
Collection Name: Citizen Alert Records
Box/Folder: N/A
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Newspaper clipping, Install meters to check water wastage, Las Vegas Review-Journal, November 22, 1949
The City of Las Vegas is installing water meters throughout the city to check usage. The meters are only for statistical usage and will be removed when the tests are done. Newpaper clipping is attached to plain paper with "Las Vegas Review-Journal, November 22, 1949" typewritten on it and "80-" written in red pencil. Paper has 3 date stamps "E.E.B. Nov 25 1949," "H.E.D. Nov 25 1949" and "U.P. R.R. CO. Law Department L.A. Nov 25 1949." Additionally, "Mr. E. E. Bennett Los Angeles" is handwritten and a date stamp "E.E.B. Nov 25 1949" are sideways on an attached paper label.
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Southern Nevada Water Authority; Integrated Resource Plan - Advisory Committee by Southern Nevada Water Authority, 1994 June 06 to 1995 January 11
Collection Name: Clark County Planning Commission Research Library Collection
Box/Folder: Box 16
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