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Las Vegas Land and Water Company firmly refuses to extend water lines past Las Vegas city limits for fire protection due to insufficient amounts of water in the artesian channel
1948-10-18
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Copy of a press release to be printed in the Las Vegas Evening Review Journal. It stated that the Board of City Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas was taking bids to use the water from a new disposal plant. Bids were accepted up to and...
1943-11-05
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Letter written by the Director of Nevada's Division of Public Health Engineering to Senator McCarran informing of sewerage problems in Reno and the Nevada statutes regulating metering of water in larger Nevada towns like Las Vegas and Reno.
1943-09-22
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Offer from the Las Vegas Valley Water District to Union Pacific Railroad Company, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad Company, and Las Vegas Land and Water Company, to purchase all water production lands and facilities owned by the Union Pacific...
1953-01-31
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Revised summary of situation, goals, duties of cooperating agencies, and procedures regarding the effort to prevent flooding and erosion threatening properties and silting Lake Mead. Report originally signed in May 1937. Handwritten notes...
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Notice of special election for bond issue for the Water District including the reasons for the issue. Document includes information election date, amount of bond issue, voter eligibility, registration, purposes of bond issue, revenue, expenses,...
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List of the directors elected for each district within the Las Vegas Valley Water District
1948-10-20
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Marks stating that the Clark County delegation seemed anxious to rush Senate Bill 155 through as fast as possible, amending the Las Vegas Valley Water District act to allow bond issues.
1949-03-23
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Discussion of the formation of the Virgin River Watershed Flood Control District and Soil Conservation Committee and the efforts of all the individual soil conservation districts. Project Number: State Office No. 172. Clark County No. 12 and...
1939-11-01
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Ashby agreed with Reinhardt that extending water lines beyond the city limits, even for fire protection, set a dangerous precedent
1948-09-12
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Bracken recommended to Strong that the company perform some maintenance work to avoid a lawsuit with the Stewart family.
1939-07-27
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Report of the 1941 activities in the Clark County's Flood Control Program in overcoming the flood menace in the Las Vegas, Moapa, and Virgin Valleys. Project Number: State Office No. 172. Clark County No. 12
1941-11-01
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Bill introduced by Senator Baker to amend the Water District Act to allow issuance of bonds and levying taxes for district operation and maintenance.
1949-03-02
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Letter from H. C. Mann discussing Walter Bracken's recommendation to drill a new well to guarantee water for irrigation on the Las Vegas Ranch. Bracken's letter is referenced below.
1935-11-12
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Letter from Bracken explaining the water situation on the Las Vegas Ranch to the chief engineer of the Union Pacific system.
1935-11-27
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Detailed list of water rates and rules for water usage in Las Vegas.
1946-12-24
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Letter from Bracken includes a chart showing water used in 1933-36 by the water company and the railroad.
1938-03-24
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Letter from Reinhardt requesting to the Nevada Public Service Commission clarification on some figures found in the attached report regarding water production. Chart showing Las Vegas monthly production and consumption of water for 1945, 1946 and...
1948-10-12
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The water company had been requested to extend a pipeline to a new subdivision outside of the Las Vegas city limits for fire protection, but Reinhardt recommended not setting a dangerous precedent.
1948-09-08
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Letter from Folger comparing Lake Mead recharge rate estimate to water usage in the Las Vegas Valley. State Engineer compiled data showing that residents were using far more water than the recharge rate. The water company was only responsible for...
1949-10-19
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Folger contacted Mayor Cragin to see, once the water district was created, if there was any way to ensure that the water from the Las Vegas Land and Water Co. springs and well field was not piped beyond the city limits.
1948-10-11
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Report with photos that details flood control work completed by the Civilian Conservation Corps in Southern Nevada during the winter of 1933-34.
2024-11-01
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Detailed survey of the ground water resources of the Meadow Valley area. This is Report #27 in the Ground-Water resources - Reconnaissance series
1964-07-01
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Study on the possible societal impacts of bringing in water from outside of the Las Vegas Valley.
1975-08-01
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Meeting to discuss all aspects of erosion and flood control projects in southern Nevada.
1937-12-30
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