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<br />. OJ: ":", <br />11 <br /> <br />base. SQ that payments can bc ~tCcuratcly planned, the law is not much help in <br />allocating revenues to damages and thus aIloc,ltion'mu$t be. i:l\;~Qmplishe9 by <br />institutional means. . <br />For these reasons, the initiative for CSI~lbliShing Iiabiliry for damages re- <br />sulting. from the propotscd WQSA pr()gram clearly must lJC taken by society <br />and itS Institutions. If in accomplishing these ends by 'creating instituti()ns~ <br />.society can compensate for any damages that might in any case. be c01ll1'erumblc <br />by law, both law and society ~iill have beILC(ited. <br />Examples. of the kiridsof damages that might result f!'Oin a WaSA pro- <br />gram and that would be compensable on an institutional basis ils a matter of <br />public policy if they are to' be compensable at all are {JoQd damages, calamities, <br />and regional ccon9IillC lossc.~. It would be practIcally impossible. to prove that <br />augmentation al.:tivities were the proximate cause of f1o<)ding,since the amount <br />of snow pack (both natural and augmented) is only onc of 111any factors con- <br />tributing to flooding. The National Flood Insurance Priigram, which Congress <br />h.as established as an instrulllent of a naUOlia! policy and program rehlting to <br />flood damages; shouldbr::givcn serious consideration for integration with the <br />WOSA 'program. The increase in insurance premiums that could be attribut- <br />able to \VOSA programs could be paid fromrevenues frl)lH the.sale of WQSA <br />water. A federal dis.aster prQgram designed to .provide relief for major oatuml <br />disasters is also in t~xistence. ft is suggested that consideration be given to the <br />creation of a special disaster fund if it is determi.ned that cahimitous disasters <br />cao occur with WaSA. This fund coold use revenues g~ncrated by the WOSA <br />prqgram and CQuld be integrated with existing fcderal relief legislation. <br />The key point in any program to compensate for thCitdverse e\:onomic <br />irnp~\cts of a WaSA progrmn is that public pOlicy can apportion n.ct revenues <br />to strengthen the ecortomy of tb~ tatga;:t <ire~s in many different ways. The. <br />policy decisions that arc rcquired concern what should be dOlle and how to <br />accomplish it. <br /> <br />spe' <br />me. <br /> <br />aga <br />exp <br />bee: <br />con <br />rec( <br />rese <br />.cil t <br /> <br />Thf <br /> <br />D. Conclusions and. He.commendations <br /> <br />Conclusions. can be drawn from the results o( this technologyas..',cs.';:mcnt <br />in three primary subject areas: <br /> <br />The rdative desirability of WaSA for the Colorado River Basin under <br />different assumptions ofpublic policy. <br /> <br />The transferabiliry <;If: WQSAassessmcnt findings ti.l other geographic <br />areas and to other types of weather modification activitic.<;, <br /> <br />The ,general conduct and application of tcchnologyassc5..'\ment<;and <br />thcirmethodologies. <br /> <br />Based on these condu~ions,..recoh1mendntiOlls qlIl be made that apply to dif- <br />ferent possible coursesohtction. <br />It is not the purpose of this section [0 collect or summarize the many <br /> <br />~ <br />II <br />I, <br />.1 <br /> <br />'I <br />I <br /> <br />To <br />gor <br />grn <br />ten <br />nol <br /> <br />,. f <br /> <br />xxviii <br /> <br />--'-~~.1r <br />