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<br />with the development of techniques for avalanche control has been <br />initiated. The fifth year will also provide a larger data base for <br />ecology studies. <br /> <br />COORDINATION OF PROJECT OBJECTIVES TO ~.IEET THE <br />REQU I REHENTS OF THE WESTERN U.S. WATER PLAN <br /> <br />Research to develop technology for managing the atmosphere's water <br />resources is an important aspect in meeting the Western U.S. Water <br />Plan's charge to develop a regional plan which will assure "an <br />adequate supply of water" for the Colorado River Basin and a generc:Ll <br />plan lito meet the future needs of the Western United States." Indepth <br />analysis of each method of augmentation potential is required to me~et <br />the objective of comprehensive planning. <br /> <br />Although the Bureau of Reclamation's atmospheric research program is <br />nationwide. the major effort to date has been located in the 14 Western <br />States and has provided a broad base of knowledge for use in the We~st- <br />ern U.S. Water Plan. During the past 12 years. Project Skywater has <br />participated in major cloud seeding programs within the following nine <br />States which are part of Westwide's geographical study area: Washing- <br />ton. California. Arizona. Nevada. Utah. New ~lexico. Colorado. Wyoming. <br />and Montana. Studies are being concluded or terminated in Washington. <br />California. Utah. New Mexico. and Montana. Continuing field programs <br />are going on in Colorado and Nevada. New programs to study the poten- <br />tial and effects of winter orographic seeding are being planned in <br />California and Wyoming. <br /> <br />A major consideration in the planning and initiation of the Colora(~ <br />River Basin Pilot Project was the requirements of the Westel~ U.S. Water <br />Plan. Personal contacts. routing of pertinent correspondence. and <br />attendance at meetings have been methods used in continued coordination. <br /> <br />"I <br /> <br />To further assist the planning effort of the Western U.S. Water Pl~m. <br />regional planning. and Project Skywater. a contract was awarded to <br />North American Weather Consultants. Inc.. to estimate what the his-. <br />toric potential has been for weather modification in 12 major weste!rn <br />river basins. Estimates of increased runoff which could have resulted <br />from weather modification from 1952 through 1971 have been developE!d <br />for 12 points within the Upper Colorado River Basin. These estimates <br />will become a part of the studies with the Colorado River Basin Sin~la- <br />tion l>lodel. Similar estimates of increases have been made for pertinent <br />locations in the remaining 11 selected river basins. <br /> <br />21 <br />