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Bulletin American Meteorological Society assumptions as to where, when, and with what intensity such management will be practiced at some future time when it is approaching technological maturity. The as- sumptions that underlay the present assessment are the following: I) Only augmentation of winter-orographic snowpack and summer-convective showers are considered, since these are the technologies that Skywater is developing and that appear likeliest for widespread application. 2) State and federal laws will govern the conduct of precipitation management programs. These laws will, at a minimum, provide for qualification of persons in charge of operations and for specific constraints on operations in the face of perceived risks such as flood and avalanche. Proposals for par- ticular projects will be required to pass the scrutiny of environmental impact assessment. Major federal 489 programs will require congressional authorization and be subject to congressional review. 3) Applications intended to increase water supply for municipal, industrial, irrigation, and other off- channel uses will take place frequently in the pre- cipitation accumulation regions of basins in which current withdrawal uses exceed or nearly equal ex- pected 1980 dependable supply. They will take place only occasionally, and much less extensively, in regions where dependable supply substantially exceeds anticipated off-channel withdrawal uses. 4) Applications related to hydroelectric power will take place frequently in watersheds where the energy value of water is high and seldom where this value is low. They will tend to occur where installed capacity substantially exceeds average gen- eration. 5) Applications related to in-channel nonwithdrawal TABLE 1. Skywater-sponsored environmental research. Contractor Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Forest Service University of Michigan University of Illinois Colorado State University Colorado State University (leader) for San Juan Ecology Project University of Colorado, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research University of Wyoming South Dakota State University North Dakota State University Montana State University University of Wyoming for Medicine Bow Ecology Project Colorado State University University of California, San Diego Colorado State University Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, Forest Service Utah Division of Water Resources Human Ecology Research Services Funding, Purpose Period of Activity $ Behavior of runoff from increased snowpack Nov. 1964--June 1968 437500 in forest environment Problem assessment of potential impacts May 1968-June 1969 32 625 Potential agricultural impacts Nov. 1969-0ct. 1971 38 665 Development of plan for San Juan Ecology Jan.-Aug. 1970 48 000 Project Impacts of Colorado River Basin Pilot Proj- Sept. 1970-Mar. 1976 1014000 ect and longer-range implications Development of avalanche forecasting Apr. 1971-May 1976 318 105 technique Potential impact in agriculture Mar. 1971-June 1973 99 966 Determination of potential impact on Mar. 1971-June 1973 128 800 agriculture, environment, and society Determine potential impact on agriculture, Mar. 1971-June 1974 125 000 environment, and society Determine potential impact on agriculture, May 1971-June 1973 152 900 environment, and society Impacts of increased snowpack and nucleating Sept. 1971-Feb. 1975 206 500 agents in Medicine Bow study area Determine effect of silver in rumen and Oct. 1971-Aug. 1973 32 089 cecum digestive systems Assess potential impact of snow augmentation Feb. 1973-0ct. 1974 29631 in northern Sierra Nevada Assess potential impact of summer-convective Dec. 1973-May 1974 74758 rainfall enhancement on the High Plains Perform preliminary studies for Sierra Aug. 1975, continuing 58 000 Ecology Project Impact of additional snow in the Uinta Dec. 1975, continuing 160 000 Mountains Analysis of public response to snowpack May-Nov. 1976 7096 augmentation in the Sierra Nevada of California