WMOD00285 ‎(2)‎

• Title: Feasibility Study of Wintertime Cloud Seeding to Augment Arizona Water Supplies
• Date: 1/1/1987
• State: AZ
• Weather Modification - Doc Type: Report

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CONTENTS CONTINUED

7.6 CAPSIM operations study. . . . . . . . . . . . . · . · .
7.6.1 Introduction ..... . . . . . . . . . .
7.6.2 Water yields in the CAP and SRP reservoir systems.

7.7 Results. . . . . . . . . . . · . · · . · . .
7.7.1 Yields to AMWUA . . . . . . . . · . · ·
7.7.2 Gila River agricultural water users. . . . . . . .
7.7.3 Incidental benefits for water users. . . . . . . .
7.7.4 Incidental power benefit .............
7.7.5 Water availability outside the Phoenix AMA ..
7.7.6 CAP canal space availability .......
7.7.7 Yields over high elevations other than the
Mogollon Rim ..................
7.8 Conclusions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . · · · · . . .

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8. Economic Benefits of Weather Modification. . . · · · . . · .
8.1 Introduction ......................
8.2 Municipal and industrial water .............
8.3 Agricultural water ...................
8.4 Hydroelectric power. . . . . . .. . . · . · . . . . ·
8.5 Indirect benefits and costs. . . . . · · · . . ·
8.6 Estimated benefits of cloud seeding. . . . .

9. Alternatives and Recommendations for Future Activities

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9.1 Introduction ...........
9.2 Future program options .......... · · · . .
9.2.1 Preliminary data collection. . . . .
9.2.2 Option 1 (five-year program). . . . . . . . · .
9.2.3 Option 2 (seven-year program) . . . . . . . . · · ·
9.2.4 Option 3 (la-year program) ........
9.2.5 Option 4 (12-year program) ..........

9.3 Summary .

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References

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TABLES

Table

1 Temperature range by wi nter peri od at the 500
millibar pressure level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ·
2 List of stations with precipitation selected for

study ........................

3 Daily precipitation frequencies for each of a wet,
normal and dry winter at station STl and station
groups GP1 and GP2 ...............
4 Daily precipitation frequencies for each of a wet,
normal and dry winter at station groups GP3 and
GP4 and single station 5T2 . . . . . . . . . . . .

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