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25� <br /> Q. How much will Hillsborough have to pay for Durham water? <br /> A. Seventy--five percent (75%) of Durham's inside-city water rate. <br /> (This formula will hold good even though Durham may change <br /> its rates from time to time.) <br /> • <br /> Q. Will Durham water be raw water or treated water? <br /> A. Treated water. <br /> Q. Is the water pipeline entirely a Town of Hillsborough project? <br /> A. Yes - in cooperation with the City of Durham. A "yes" vote <br /> by the people of Hillsborough will move the town forward to <br /> solve - on its own initiative - an important community problem: <br /> not enough water. <br /> • <br /> Q. Will the bond issues cause an increase in taxes? <br /> A. No. It is Hillsborough's policy and custom to use Water and <br /> Sewer Fund revenue to pay debt service on water or sewer bonds <br /> rather than using taxes. <br /> Q. Won't the questions on the ballot give the town the right to use <br /> tax money to pay debt service? <br /> A. Yes, because North Carolina law requires this language. <br /> Q. Will water rates go up to pay the debt service? <br /> A. No rate increase is anticipated anytime in the next two years. <br /> Debt service on both the water line and water tank are already <br /> included in your water bill. <br /> Q. What size will the Durham water pipeline be? <br /> A. Part 16 inch and part 12 inch. <br /> Q. Will voters vote separately on the two water bond issues? <br /> A. Yes. <br /> Q. Does either project - the Durham pipeline or the water tank - <br /> depend upon the other? <br /> A. Yes. Early in 1986 - before the drought - the State clearinghouse <br /> declined to approve the water tank project alone, citing additional <br /> water supply as Hillsborough's priority need. The water tank project <br /> must be delayed indefinitely until adequate water supply is <br /> available. <br /> • <br /> Q. Has the State of North Carolina concurred in the need for <br /> the water tank? <br /> A. Yes. A state agency has criticized the low water pressures in <br /> northern Hillsborough. <br />