It's a tactic to stall and delay, and I don't think it's going to work.

We are meeting the Department of Environmental Quality's three requirements - quantity, quality and reliability. The exchange sets up a 2005 water right; the purchase is the insurance policy. In the unlikely event that there's a call on the river, it protects the homeowners.

The residents of the entire Wapiti Valley will be benefited by the exchange.

We are very pleased with the decision. We want to keep the process moving forward.

There are too many avenues of delay in the current system.

is a continuation of the pattern of the last seven months -- a pattern of delay and excessive use of national security standards to deny the people the knowledge of their vulnerability.