So originally, it wasn't planned to put State dollars in, but that's what it's been coming to.

We are doing it right. We are doing it well. We are being very diligent that it's environmentally sound, but we will not be dissuaded or deterred.

So, then you respond to the comments, and when does the draft become final?

Now, I am understanding the dilemma.

Yes, but we've got to move, here. My point is, it's 8 years later and we're still waltzing around trying to figure out how we're going to treat water.

I fully support and believe that the project, as designed, has merit, and will be completed.

I think it's important for the Canadians to understand, and I hope they do understand that there's no one that is involved, here in North Dakota, myself, any of you at the table, or anybody else involved in water projects that ever wishes…

That is the most absurd thing I have ever heard.

it seems to me that Mr. Breitzman is describing a process--that, at the very earliest would get to a final EIS, or a final Bureau of Reclamation product, by July 2012.

I was surprised that the State has put virtually no money into this.

Somehow, it is probably not a surprise in the year 2010 that the Canadians are objecting.

Thank you very much for your testimony.

It seems to me, however, that those communities that you are now hooking up with Minot water through pipe that we've laid with these appropriations while we're waiting, would be less secure if we lay pipe to a lot of other cities and put…

It's beyond my comprehension that a judge has made that kind of a ruling.

it is just irritating to even be talking about that issue, but I wanted to just lay that out at the front end.

The completion of this latest component of NAWS will be a great benefit for those who live in the Donnybrook and Tolley area.

So, you're saying, in the 1944 Flood Control Act, there is a 3.1-million acre feet allocation?

the question is the timing.