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uu~~ I These classifications are: A is public water supply: B is a fishery, Bl is a cold water fishery and B2 is a warm water fishery: C is agricultural: and D is industrial. These are the four classifications under which all the streams that were classified were assigned. This doesn't have anything to do with the quality of the water necessarily. Well, it does and it doesn't: it was primarily related to its use. It certainly can be argued that if you classify a stream as A, BI' B , C and D which are water supply, both warm an~ cold water fisheries, agricultural and industrial, ~hat more than likely the 'water supply' requirements will be really the governing requirement as far as the quality in the stream is concerned. It was argued by many at these hearings throughout the state that ~Te a~e trying with these classifications to alter the appropriation doctrine of the State of ColoradO and the con- stitutional provisions about the appropriation of water, both of which may be argued and may be thought to be the case. It is not the intent of the Water Pollution Control Commission, and they have stated it repeatedly, to in any way interfere with the water laws of the state. I There have been a number of proposed changes made and I think it needs to be clearly under- stood by everybody (and I think it was at the hearings) that the proposals that were pre- sented had bean developed by the staff. They had neither the blessing of nor the rejection by the commission. They w~re simply the staff recommendations, just as our staff here with the Water Board presents recommendations for the entire commission to consider, who will then decide \jhether or not they want to buy any or all or parts of these recommendations. Without intending to prejudice anybody's views, I can tell you that a number of the proposed changes that were discussed pretty carefully throughout the state are not bei.ng recommended by the executi.ve committee fOl: approval by the