1.  Andrew Sansom, executive director of the Parks and Wildlife Department, said state water planning historically has glossed over environmental issues.

2.  Because the technology is still considered experimental, he ran the risk of being shut down by the state if clean water requirements were not met.

3.  A tarp, torn and dirty, still covers the open roof of the state water resources building.

4.  According to an analysis by state water officials, Missouri ranked first in arrests related to drugs and alcohol.

5.  After that non-binding recommendation, a state water management board will decide whether to issue storm-water permits for the project.

6.  Bush has assembled state water officials as a response team to help local officials solve drought-related problems.

7.  But that has been called into question with a study commissioned by the state water board and released by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the fall.

8.  But West said the state water plan already includes protections for estuaries.

9.  Closing of state waters to shark fishing during federal closure periods.

10.  Critics of the plan said allowing a state water department to, in effect, bail out state utility corporations is clearly unconstitutional.