Jan. 6th.l941. WBm King- Ban. Kaleden, B.C. Bear Bill* Sane mouths ago flfy our Water Distriet sent oat a aiiestionnaire. From it I did not get the information that I would like to have * so I thought that I might do a little wosrk of my own. , I want to gat a comparison of costs and set«m> as between a few Districts and oxr own. We opiate under a private Company system* ?or delivering water the Co» charge the user at the rate of $6*00 par Acre Foot, iw& a discount Bt fa 5 $> if paid when water is turned on. Some years a**o a Water District was formed , find we fretyt ahead and built a reservoir dam with money from the Government k you end I ue» in Victoria at the same tine/ » 2a pay this off tho District chafes &** D^Haa? per acre per year* Very little of this is set aside for a raserve.\ \. Most growers use about two Ac. Ft* per acre9oesting tlMtvkjW^k < discea«t»i about §13.40 per acra ibr water. In the end the gr&We^^ will own a dam, but the Head Gates and ail the ayatem will at ill hi in thle acm? pf the Company. The system was put in 30 years ago. It (is supiNwed to Sf kBP* in repairs but acme iay^there will be a very eerious outlay tfjequire/1. The Company may ou? may not carry on. Apart from the system.;$hey fciave no assets, and it would appear that there is a very heavy mortgage against the system. 0^om the above you will see that I have something to worrf about* fWT my information I wonder if would kindly givs me a' few facta about ^\our set-ap in Kaleden such as that doe a ycur water cost to-day? Whan .migMx you expect to reduce your capital levy ? After yea have paid off your liM&v what do you figure the grower should be paying for water* Aay information you ean give me along these lines will be grv***tly appreciated. Youa?* sincerelyr -Tames Goldie. "Ji^ M