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Las Vegas,Nevada REVIEW - JOURNAL October 17, 19^8 io-i l-£l Water Vote Questions Answered (Editor’s note: Believing there are many questions about the proposed water district which the public will want answered in order to vote in­telligently at the election, Octo­ber 19, the Review-Journal is running 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 be provided.) Question: Will the Las Vegas Valley Water District furnish water to all and any subdividers or townsites within their boun­daries including pipe lines? Answer: The method by which this particular situation would be handled will, of course, be up to the boarc of directors. It is log­ical to suppose that water will be delivered wholesale to any sec­tion with sufficient use to war-| rant and that the subdivider would equip and Operate his own water system except in cases where the subdivision lies with­in the territory served by an ex­isting tility. Question: Can water.companies obtain water to supply subdivi­sions and townsites and under What conditions? Answer: They will be able to purchase water at wholesale rates in a similar arrangement to that under which the Las Ve­gas Land & Water Company pur­chases its supply from the Union Pacific Railroad Company. Question: How will the water system be financed at the be­ginning and through years of op­eration? Answer: Through issuance of revenue bonds which will be re­tired from the profits of opera­tion. This system has proven most successfu' in the establishment and operation of the Lincoln County Power District and Over- ton Power District. The statute authorizing creation of the water district is modeled after the Lin­coln County Power District act. Question: How can we expect to get cheaper rates .in view of the* necessary expense- required for pipe lines, etc;, and installa­tion? Answer: No one has suggested that rates for water would be cheaper than at present. The fact is the rates of the Las Vegas Land & Water Company have, through the years, been about the cheapest in the United States. It would be folly to suggest they might be lowered still more. The question is not one of raising or lowering rates, however, but whether or not Las Vegas is to make provision for a badly need- | ed additional water supply to i. serve the army air field and in- [ sure the added water needed to take care of future growth in the valley. The water district will be i a municipal corporation, operat­ed by elected directors responsi- 1 ble to the voters of the district, | and dedicated to meet the most I critical problem facing the com­munity today—an ample water supply. Question: What happens if a water system - should be installed <at Pittman, Nevada? Answer: The local water district would be sold water by the dis­trict at wholesale rates based on 50 cents an acre foot cost at Basic Magnesium plant. Question: How will water be measured, distributed and deliv­ered to consumers including acreage land owners? Answer: For domestic use, dis­tribution would be on the same (Continued from Page 1) /basis as at present. There is no jeertainty the Las Vegas Land land Water company would be (purchased by the district. It might be the best solution would be for the Las Vegas Land aihd Water company to buy whatever additional water might be needed from the district and continue to operate as at present. If the dis­trict took over there would be no reason to change the present rate structure which is returning i a satisfactory profit. So far as agricultural use is concerned, the discussion so far envisions the sale of water on the same plan as that used by the United States bureau of rec­lamation at so much per acre fot, the price being based on 50 cents per acre foot at the Basic Mag- inesium plant plus cost of distri- jlbution.