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IIP hotter pumps, reservoirs, water treatment plant, at®,, in­stalled at a cost in m m m of #5,000,000.00, At ilM meeting last night, the engineers advised the causal t tee that the Basle water ay ate© had been subjected to considerable wear and tear, beside® being installed In a hurry as a war emergency measure, and that they (the ootaalttee) ah mild therefore' expect to be ^ with the entire east of a line from the Lake, this statement was made in response to a rumor that the National Government Wight be persuaded to give the system to eiark County without seat. The Basle Magnesian water line operating easts, ln-eladlng Cost of Water Purchased (at Lake), Supply and Transmission, storage and Treatment, was #33.50 per Million gallons. Based on a maximum denand of 14,000,000 gallons per day (which we ap­proached last Bummer) the oost would be #23,950.00 per month. G»ir sales now run #13,000.00 per month. The BK2 operating oost shove quoted does not Include depreciation, reserve for replace-ment, taxes nor interest on investment, and contemplates delivery only half-way bo Las Vegas. The capacity of their water treatment plant is 20 mUlion gallons par day, and 0 million gallons per day of this amount must bo delivered to the present Basis Magnesium Project and the town of Henderson adjoining. Frankly, I do not see what eoul& be accomplished by the proposed plan, except that it might make a supply of water available for irrigation In the Las Vegas Valley (at the expense -3-