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<br />.;' <br /> <br />I <br />U"..i...;... <br />.. <br /> <br />I <br />, <br /> <br />xix <br /> <br /> <br />on the revenue thai can be cfaimedfrom the salc of water in addition to the <br />electric power revenues. In the Southwest. there appears t9 bea re.ady market <br />[or additional hydroelectric power. The ,~ar~et.~ watq sUFplies inthc Coll?- <br />ra~o Rive;r...llilSinnt a price 111at would ~cpte.~ent the...Wictl..anOTlli!irect cost of <br />(>roducingit ~snot at all ~pparel1t. It is suggested that a WO$A prog"famlh?-t <br />would offer water supplies'that CQuld be rationed by l}ri~dsa mechanism for <br />testj ng the, natuwof the water shortage in the Colorado River Basin. <br /> <br />5. Social Auiwde.\' <br /> <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />WOSA creates a serious social problem for monnta'in community residents <br />(hat is proportionately much greater than, its, incremental physical etIe,cts. The <br />wintcr weather has long been recognized as,a $ource of difJkuJti~s for the high <br />mountain communities in the Upper Basin. Th~ wc.1tl1er-rcl"'ted problems were <br />tolerated with quiet resignation under the belief that they were naturally oc- <br />curring acts or acts of ,God. GovGtnmem attempts to increase snowfaU trig~ <br />gered an avalanche of resentment toward "pin-striped politicians" who would <br />make their winters "longer" and their weather-related problems Worse. <br />Th~ length and severitv of wint~rs wedi~ted for WOSA are Iln greater <br />than those that have,existed for long peciods.inJhe..[k'\S.LhistQ.r.,)!..Qf the 1 Jp~r <br />~asin, nor than those th.\t could natur.'llly ,'eIWelll"' in 'hi' fliliJre. The effec~ <br />attributed to WaSA by the Upper Basin residellts-ecoldgicatcalamities, more <br />avalanche.s and Ooods, longer winters, and the like-are grossly exaggerated <br />versions of ~hat is likely to occur. They arclJ\uch le.ss serious tlMn social prob- <br />Icltlsaris'ingfrOf'n the simultaneous beliefs that the government is ready, willing, <br />and able to make' additional snowfall and that [he "additional" hardship, al- <br />though preventable. is actually b~yond the COlltl'ol of the Upper Basin residents. <br />Opporturiities exist for creating institutions, legislation, and policy for <br />solving the social problems that are.a direct consequence of the WOSA tech- <br />nology. However, the solutions must deal with people's perceptions of both the <br />consequences of WaSA and the potential for iUlleWmtling these consequences, <br />A study Of public attitude... reveals that WaSA is desirable as a source of <br />more, water for ~ert:lin uses only ifpolicymakers provide for controls oyer the. <br />WOSAprogram that give due consideration to the consequences to target area <br />residents. WOSA is not desired by ecologists and target area residents as a <br />sourc;e of D1()re water f()r generating electrical power or municipal water sup- <br />plies for southwestern metropolitan' areas. There is general agreement that <br />Congress has the right to establish weather moditicationpolicy arid that [his <br />poliey with respect to WOSAshollld deal with effe~ts that arc detrimental to <br />target arCH wsidents. Acco!~gly pll blic p.oJi~shouJd provide for g~ntion <br />o~rotcction from, orcoiUpensatiOJl fordam;l~esattribulable t? WaSA. r!ow- <br />e\'er, advocates and opponents of WaSA do not agree on speCIfic mechanIsms <br />for implementing thispoJicy. ^dw""~~tps "PpOS~o.\'liilg target :lr('n ....~ts <br />toJirnit cloud 'seeding through liti.garinn :md making federal grants available to <br />r~e s~~te and local governments for expenses related to the added cost <br /> <br />.1 <br />