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i \ 4 I A. Nothing has been done from an engineering standpoint and the general outline has been 40-inch line with the pumping facilities that exist at Las Vegas Bay, extending to Henderson, The pumping 1 ift will be neces­sary in between Las Vegas and Henderson, Generally, the line would come in from present reservoir at Henderson, which may have to be expanded, towards Las Vegas, to a point around Four Mile and then branch off at one line to another to supplement the supply at the Army Airfield and to augment the supply in and around Las Vegas, Another line would fit into the city system and another line extend south to the resort district, What are the proposed limits on use? A, Rates would have to be set up. If you will remember 10 or 12 years ago the price for irrigational use was too high for agricultural use alone. So there were two alternate studies made. In view of the impending developments at Henderson and the potential demand of the four applicants for locations out there, it appears that about all that will be available to Las Vegas to augment present supply mil be about 6 to 10 million gallons a day. There willuot be much available f or agricultural expansion at the outset. That will probably have to come from ground water resources that will be released as a result of this development. Q, Who owns facilities now at Henderson? A, All those wore acquired by the state of Nevada with the Basic Magnesium deal, Q. What percentage of Nevada’s allotted water in the lake will this absorb? A, Irobably not over 25 to 30^, Q, Then there are possibilities of getting additional water for irrigation? A, Either that or by using this and pumping from ground water resources — this i s a problem which the Colorado River Commission has before it, Q, That might affect votes — if they can get water for irrigation. A, An emergency exists now beyond any reasonable doubt — with the present population of the valley an auxiliary supply must be established if we are to going to have any increase in population at all, Q, Have you ever found out what percentage of Nevada*s allocated water this line will carry? A* As I remember, about cue-third* Q. In other words, to get all of Nevada’s water into the Valley, you would • have to build another pipeline as large as that which you have new? A, That’s right. There were no farther questions to be propounded to Mr0 Baker,