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                                                                    Exhibit 99.1

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Southwestern Water Exploration Co.
("SWWE") on Form 10-QSB for the three months ended September 30, 2001 as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"),
I, Steven B. Misner, chairman and chief executive officer of SWWE, certify,
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1)  the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)  the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
respects, the financial condition and results of operations of SWWE.


/s/ Steven B. Misner
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Steven B. Misner
Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer

November 12, 2002