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Report, Water levels and artesian pressure in wells in Las Vegas Valley and in other... |
Report on water levels and the pressure in artesian wells in Nevada. |
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Report, Socioeconomic impacts of the second stage of the Southern Nevada Water Project and its... |
Study on the possible societal impacts of bringing in water from outside of the Las Vegas Valley. |
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Report, Available water supply of the Las Vegas ground-water basin Nevada, 1965 |
Report on the available water in the Las Vegas area |
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Agreement for the delivery of Lake Mead water to the Las Vegas Valley, 1952 |
Agreement between the Las Vegas Valley Water District and Basic Management Inc. for the delivery of water from Lake Mead. |
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Report, Final environmental impact statement, Southern Nevada Water Project, second stage, June 6, 1977 |
Final environmental impact statement for the second stage of the Southern Nevada Water Project. |
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Agreement between Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company, Union Pacific Railroad Company, Las Vegas... |
Agreement to sell water production, storage, and distribution facilities to the Las Vegas Valley Water District; includes maps and attached exhibits (C.L.D. No. 11342) |
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Proposed official statement respecting $8,700,000 usage of waterworks bonds of the Las Vegas Valley Water... |
The official statement of the Las Vegas Valley Water District prepared to be used in the sale of the $8.7 million bonds described within. Overview description of the area in history, geology, tourism trade, agriculture, industry with appendices in back.... |
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Progress report on the ground-water resources of the Las Vegas Artesian Basin, Nevada, March 1945 |
Survey of the Las Vegas Artesian Basin with recommendations to curtail drilling and conserve water |
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Geology and water resources of Las Vegas, Pahrump, and Indian Spring Valleys, Clark and Nye... |
Report on the geology and groundwater of southern Nevada. |
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Report, Ground-water appraisal of the Meadow Valley area, Lincoln and Clark Counties, Nevada, July 1964 |
Detailed survey of the ground water resources of the Meadow Valley area. This is Report #27 in the Ground-Water resources - Reconnaissance series |
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1927 report on Moapa water facilities with 1929 supplement, December 31, 1929 |
1927 overview report of the Union Pacific Railroad facilities in Moapa, Nevada including a 1929 supplement. Original report dated March 01, 1927, supplement dated December 31, 1929. |
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Statutes of the State of Nevada passed at the special session of the Legislature, 1912 |
Chapter 140: An Act to provide a water law for the State of Nevada |
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Report, Estimation of groundwater velocities from Yucca Flat to the Amargosa Desert using geochemistry and... |
Report estimating groundwater velocities from Yucca Flat to the Amargosa Desert |
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Report, A review of the limnology of and water quality standards for Lake Mead, October... |
Runoff from the Las Vegas Wash had heavily polluted the Las Vegas Bay area of Lake Mead. This report offered recommendations for bringing the resulting algae under control. |
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Report, Geological survey circular 346: First fourteen years of Lake Mead, circa 1949 |
Report on Lake Mead taken from the Lake Mead Comprehensive Survey of 1948-49 |
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Report on ground water in southeastern Nevada, March 29, 1915 |
Report with chart, plates, and maps regarding southeast Nevada groundwater. Water-Supply Paper 365 |
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Investigative report on underground leakage from artesian wells in the Las Vegas Area, 1938 |
Investigation of underground leakage of Las Vegas artesian wells. |
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Report, Investigations and research in Nevada by the Water Resources Division, 1984 |
Survey of the water resources of Nevada in 1982-1983 |
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Application by Las Vegas Valley Water District and Colorado River Commission of Nevada to the... |
Application of the Las Vegas Valley Water District to obtain the water facilities constructed at or near Henderson, Nevada, by Defense Plant Corporation. Document includes background of application, water district plans, consideration of public interest and benefit, and the terms... |
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Letter from E. E. Bennett (Los Angeles) to William Reinhardt, December 4, 1951 |
Detailed discussion of the UP divesting itself of water production facilities to the Las Vegas Land and Water Company. Written in red pencil at the top of the page: "4705-11-22" and "80-Gen." |
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Report, Impact of a water-imposed interruption of growth in the Las Vegas Region, August, 1992 |
Projection of what would happen to the growth of Las Vegas when the availability of water becomes the biggest limiting factor. |
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Agreement regarding the furnishing of water from Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company and... |
Contract between the Las Vegas Land and Water Company and the railroad and the new rate the water company will pay for water. "C.D. No. 15674-1" written in ink on cover page. Also has stamps "U.P. Audit No. 74531" and... |
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Final Report, Lake Mead monitoring program, September 1977 |
Report of water quality monitoring in Lake Mead |
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Report, Outline of water supply system at Basic Magnesium, Incorporated, Henderson, Nevada, September 22, 1944 |
Detailed report with drawings and maps of the water system at Basic Magnesium, Incorporated. |
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Report on the Basic Magnesium, Incorporated water supply system, Clark County, Nevada, October, 1949 |
Report on the water supply system at Basic Magnesium, Inc. |
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Book excerpt, Preliminary report to determine feasibility of diverting Colorado River, February 1, 1876 |
The excerpt consists of Appendix B printed in the Annual report by the Army Corps of Engineers upon the geographical surveys west of the 100th Meridian, February 18, 1905. It contains maps of the Southwest region of the United States,... |
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Report on the water supply in Las Vegas, March 25, 1942 |
Brief history of water in Las Vegas and overview of the water situation |
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The water resources of the Las Vegas Valley: a brief survey, March 27, 1931 |
Overview of the water resources in the Las Vegas Valley, includes maps |
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Annual report of the Department of Irrigation, fiscal year 1926-27 |
Study of underground water in the Las Vegas Valley and the drainage of irrigated land in the Moapa Valley. F. L. Bixby was Senior Irrigation Engineer of the Irrigation Division of the Government Bureau of Public Roads. |
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Copy of the act creating the Las Vegas Valley Water District, May 10, 1951 |
Text of the bill creating a water district in the Las Vegas Valley |
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Letter including legal opinion from O'Melveny & Myers law offices (Los Angeles) to the Las... |
Discussion of laws and court decisions regarding water metering by the Las Vegas Valley Water District. |
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Letter from Alfred J. Ryan to the Directors of the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce,... |
Discussion of the feasibility of bringing water from Lake Mead to Las Vegas. Pittman is an older name for the city of Henderson. Whitney is an older name for East Las Vegas. |
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Senate Bill No. 63, Chapter 167 by Senator Charles D. Baker, approved March 27, 1947 |
Bill that created the Las Vegas Valley Water District |
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Report on flood control survey in Clark County, Nevada and data on Southern Nevada, 1938 |
Dated March 31, 1934 with appendices added from 1938, this report contains photographs and summaries of 18 areas in Southern Nevada, specifically the northeastern portion of Clark County and a small area in Arizona. The report was to serve as... |
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Proposed official statement respecting the usage of $8,700,000 general obligation waterworks bonds of the Las... |
Preliminary draft of detailed plans for the usage of the $8.7 million waterworks bonds of the Las Vegas Valley Water District. |
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Minutes of Clark County commission meeting, November 1, 1909 |
Minutes of meeting discussing the granting of a franchise to the Las Vegas Land and Water Company. |
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Book excerpt, Report upon United States geographical surveys west of the one hundredth meridian, 1889 |
Report, maps, and engravings of the survey of the area including Southern Nevada. The text offers a discussion about irrigation and artesian wells in the survey region, including a comparison between the valleys of the western United States and those... |
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Report, Land cover types of the Las Vegas Wash, Nevada, September 2007 |
In-depth survey of the plants that cover the Las Vegas Wash. |
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Letter from W. R. Rouse (Omaha) to A. E. Stoddard, December 18, 1951 |
Suggestions that the Railroad should develop its own water so that it will not be subject to rationing as experienced by other water districts. Dividing the water production from all other assets of the Las Vegas Land and Water... |
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Report summary, The impact of a water-imposed interruption of growth in the Las Vegas region,... |
Summary of a larger report prepared for the Las Vegas Valley Water District projecting what would happen when the availability of water becomes the biggest limiting factor to the growth of Las Vegas. |
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Speech by George Maxey about meeting Southern Nevada's future water requirements, May 16, 1968 |
This is a summary of an address given by Dr. George B. Maxey, Director, Center for Water Resources Research, University of Nevada, to a group of Southern Nevada business and community leaders at the Sahara Hotel, Las Vegas on May... |
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Report on water spreading in Clark County, Nevada as a means of controlling floods, May... |
Report on the efficacy of water spreading to disperse flood water in Southern Nevada. Under the immediate Supervision of A. T. Mitchelson, State Project Supervisor. Prepared under the direction of George D. Clyde, Chief, Division of Irrigation and Water Conservation |
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Letter from Calvin M. Cory (Las Vegas) to Edward C. Renwick, December 20, 1952 |
Cory expresses the legal opinion that in an artesian basin, if you have a water right then the point of diversion makes no difference. |
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Transcript of meeting regarding the Las Vegas Valley Water District, held under the auspices of... |
Transcript of a meeting to discuss the creation of the Las Vegas Valley Water District |
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Letter from E. E. Bennett (Los Angeles) to William Reinhardt, September 3, 1948 |
Las Vegas Mayor E. W. Cragin asked that the Las Vegas Land and Water Company extend pipelines for fire protection down the Strip. Bennett had the opinion that the company could not be legally compelled to do it, and... |
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Letter including Nevada Attorney General Opinion No. 123 from Harvey Dickerson to Thomas A. Campbell... |
Notwithstanding Section 6112 of the Public Service Commission Act, the Las Vegas Valley Water District was allowed to meter water to customers; Opinion No. 123. |
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Application for permit to appropriate the public waters of the State of Nevada, November 1939 |
Application for the Las Vegas Land and Water Company to appropriate the water from a new well on the Las Vegas Ranch. |
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Letter from E. E. Bennett (Los Angeles) to William Reinhardt, September 30, 1952 |
The ability of the railroad to resist demands to increase water production would be aided if water production facilities were solely in the possession of the Las Vegas Land and Water Company |
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Letter from Leo A. McNamee (Las Vegas) to Thomas A. Campbell (Las Vegas), March 19,... |
Summary of the water rights purchased by the Union Pacific Railroad from Helen Stewart to pass to the Las Vegas Valley Water District. |
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Report, Biological inventory of the Southern Nevada Water Project, second stage, 1976 |
Inventory of the plants on the land that falls under the jurisdiction of the Southern Nevada Water Project. |