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LAS VEGAS R E V I E W JOURNAL pBBl- isHCD *— QCT I-- 1948- Water Vote Questions % Answered (Editor’s note: Believing there are many questions about the proposed w ater district which the public will w ant answered in order to vote intelligently at the election, October 19, the Review-Journal is ru n ning a question and answer quiz giving answers to some questions already apparent. Any voter is invited to send in his question and an answer will he provided.) Question—Why is the w ater | district necessary? . Answer—The water fable in® I the Las . Vegas artesian belt is | I being lowered year by'year- -un-| | til, at the present time, there is* danger ? that the flow will nof longer be artesian, but will' have j to be pumped and even then not; enough water is available to I iserve the present population for I very long\without an additional \ Isource being provided. Lake J Mead is -the only other source £ and water must be brought into | lithe Las Vegas valley if growth! I is to continue, or the present! population sustained.
