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legislation, Why we did these things. We just didn't pull these out of the air. I can tell you this, it is really tougher than a full time job. I am sure that anybody who is familiar with water will realize this. I, But I tried to rely on the 'professionals iri this field both from the standpoint of the engineers and the lawyers after getting the views of the water users and then making assignments and having everybody review every- body else's work. The state engineer's office, the Water Conservation Board, U. S. Geological Survey, reviewed all these engi- neering reports. They reviewed each other's reports. They tried to get common denomina- tions and definitions throughout their re- ports. That in itself takes lots of time. I don't know how many meetings We have had throughout thlll state. I know the colorado Water Congres$ and I want to acknowledge Gordon Scheer, who is here, as the Director of the Colorado Water Congress, has sponsored a series of mllletings throughout the state. I think there Wlllre seven of those. Where were we? We were in Fort Lupton, Fort collins, Sterling, Alamosa, South Fork. Mr. Kroeger, your own Board member, arranged for the last meeting down in Durango. There was one in Grand Junction. I didn't get to Steamboat Springs but Ralph Owens was kind enough to go up there and pinch hit for me. We talked to Soil Conservation Boards, to the Soil Conser- vation Convention - they had a panel there - we have tried to inform everybody. We are only going to get the kind of legislation that we put forward if it's basically sound. The combination is every- 1- body's thinking. We've been over this first bill 20 times. We've had comments not only from lawyers on the committee but from all over the state and we've appreciated that and we've worked on all their comments. I agree with Larry that there are areas here where we need additional statutory guidelines. I hope,