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

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.

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

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

I believe the ad we currently have submitted will be rejected. When this happens we will have to decide to either go back to the cutting room floor, or raise the white flag.

Without those checks and balances, there will be abuses.