Why is it important that you continue that?

It appears obvious to us that if adjustments to downstream water quality/quantity requirements are not made to allow increased flows from the lake, a natural overflow could result in extreme water quality and flooding impacts downstream in…

not interested in transferring the problem from one region of our state to another.

Thank you Senator Dorgan and your colleagues on the Senate Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee for the opportunity to provide my testimony.

But when the outlet was built, there were projections I know from the Water Commission and the Health Department in terms of how it would operate and then it didn't operate for some significant amount of time.

I happen to agree with Joe and you and others--that the potential of coming over the divide naturally has devastating consequences to a lot of the downstream areas, so we want to try to prevent that.

I support all the efforts that we can make to take water off of the lake as you know.

That would cost you $45 million?

transferring water problems from one region of North Dakota to another is not acceptable.

. . . I have always insisted, I am not interested in transferring the problems from one region of our state to another.

The testimony of the mayor in Fargo, and I suspect that the concern of Valley City and probably West Fargo, about the issue of treatment is because from their perspective they anticipate that there will be higher levels of sulfates…

I funded that and it is now going to be ready and available and it's going to give us very substantial capabilities here in the Valley and Devils Lake that we've never before had in terms of more storage.