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<br />studies in the other candidate subbasins would provide information to <br />facilitate seeding activities over the entire Basin. Ground-based <br />seeding studies would be conducted to determine its reliability. <br />Basin-wide operations could be initiated after satisfactory completion <br />of this phase. <br /> <br />The advantages of the lO-year program include additional time to <br />develop and install equipment, prepare environmental and social docu- <br />ments, and conduct public involvement. Additional time to develop an <br />operational design is provided. The disadvantages of this option are <br />that a decision on the long-term use of weather modification as a major <br />source of augmentation would not be made in the shortest possible time; <br />secondly, there would be no potential increase in the Basin water <br />supply for at least 5 years. <br /> <br />2. a-year Program . <br /> <br />In this option, the initial phase is reduced from 5 to 3 years, during <br />which existing technology, techniques, and instrumentation would be <br />adapted into a design for a subsequent two-subbasin demonstration <br />phase. Two subbasins would be instrumented for field operations in <br />order to help compensate for the reduced time of this option. Project <br />equipment, personnel, and seeding modes would be tested during calibra- <br />tion studies. The delivery techniques of the ground-based generators <br />would be tested. Environmental and social impact studies would be <br />conducted. <br /> <br />The 5-year second phase would include a randomized seeding program in <br />two subbasins to evaluate and quantify water supply increases pOSSible <br /> <br />6 <br />