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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 — Does approval of the water district by the voters | mean there will be a shortage of water for operation on BMI? Answer — Absolutely not. The needs of the plant are given first priority and, even though the plant should operate at full ca pacity, the needs will not re quire the full capacity of the pipe now in service. Question — Will the water district supply the water needs of Las Vegas for some time to come? Answer — Positively. The present line, along with the domestic supply now available, will supply water for the com inunity until the population grows to several times its present size. Question — Can the system be expanded, if necessary, to take care of an increase in population? Answer — Certainly. The only limit to the expansion of the sys­tem is the Nevada allocation of water from Lake Mead, which runs into the billions of, gallons, and the ability of the water district to pay for such expansion. Question — How will the in­stallation of the distribution sys­tem be paid for? v Answer — By revenue bonds. The water district directors; when elected, will meet at some time in the future, vote the necessary amount of bonds and will sell them to bond brokers. Such bonds will be especially at­tractive to prospective buyers because they will be paid off from the revenue derived by the| district from the sale to cus­tomers. In other words, the bonds wjll be self liquidating and will not be paid off by tax money. Vote^i