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ROBBINS INTERVIEW C:J' contInued from page 10 -", .....~ 0':) Q. Most Irrigation water rlgbts and ..0.; wells are for tbe shallow, unconfined C~ aquifer. Would farmers be able to get -:;, permission to go to the deeper, confined aquifer If they were forced to by A WDI drawdowns? Would It be a slow process? Would It be a costly process? A. If A WDI's impact effects tbe shallow wells, and if fanners have to deepen their wells to go through the confining layer, AWDlcould help them deepen the wells. But, then A WDI can tel farm- Cat Challenger 65 Owner G.N. Hurst; ers that they've done their part, and the farmers will be stuck with covering any impacts that their new wells will cause. So, yes, it will be a very costly and slow process. . SCHAFFER INTERVIEW continued from page 11 some assets, they wanted to sell the real estate assets that they had acquired from AZL and American Water made that ac- quisition and acquired not only the Baca, but a lot of the other real estate I Two careers served by Cat quality. For over 20 years, a.N. Hurst owned and operated a large, successful construction firm - Hurst Construction Co., Inc. of Sterling. Back then, he used the durability and production of his Cat equipment fleet to keep both his company's reputation and financial statement healthy. Now a.N. has switched to farming. He still relies on Cat quality: his new Cat Challenger 65 farm tractor promises to deliver high performance and low operating costs for years to come. Its exclusive Mobil-trac system combines great traction and low ground pressure for maximum efficiency and crop yields. a.N. also appreciates the Challenger's cool, clean and quiet cab . . . after all. if he wanted noise and dust. he could have stayed in construction. Call Ron Stites at (303) 366-7700 to find out how you car. get into the cab of a Challenger, too. UJ ~GNER Equipment Co. m1 DENVER. DURANGO' GRANO JUNCTION. HAYDEN. PUEBL.O 20 and minerals that AZL had originall owned. Newhall Land and Cattle Co., I be Iieve, sold it to AZL. I'm not sure of m dates but it runs in my mind tIu Newhall sold it to AZL in the early '71ll Q. What Is Maurice Strong's reladom ship to A WDI? A. Maurice was involved as president 0 AZL, I believe, and was on the board (l Tosco. And when Tosco desired sellin the assets, Maurice .wanted to acquir them and put together American Wate for the purpose of acquiring those 8! sets. And he did. He was president an, a shareholder-director of America Water until I became president in 1985 and he was a director through 1989. H had given his stock to the Fetzer FOUll dation in Michigan-about 20.,.. Fetze wanted to dispose of their stock, an, they sold it back to the other share holders in American Water. Fetzer is on completely. Maurice at that tim resigned from the board as he was no representing a shareholder. He becam Under Secretary General of the UN fo Environmental Matters, what he i presently pursuing. Our board aske, him to remain as a director and b honorary chairman. He is completel out of any position of ownership 0 director(ship). '. Q. Have you had any indication at a' that your amended application bas i anyway calmed the opposition? A. I can't answer that other than to sa that they have suggested that they woul not oppose filing of that amendment i we would agree that the matters that VI' are saying are truly part of the applica tion. Water is always controversial. I ~ .......:=:= . ! \ -I 8"" ~ '- .~ :/. h., ) . ::t(::. 'lif'-~ r-_"",,) .....-1.;;:/--" I \;Af' 0/" "I'll say we have farm manage. ment problems. The only profit we've made was on those nine puppies we sold for $5 apiece. .. Colorado Rancher & Farrr:.