WMOD00569

• Title: Snowpack, Cloud Seeding and the Colorado River
• Date: 1/1/1974
• Weather Modification - Doc Type: Report

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SNOWPACK, CLOUD-SEEDING, AND THE COLORADO RIVER

Effects on Streams and Lakes
Silver Iodide in the Environment
Minimizing Environmental Damage

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Ownership

Economic Effects of an Augmented
Snowpack in the Upper Basin
The Effects of More Snow
Water Requirements
WOSA Water-A Question of
Water Benefits
Summary

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Seeding Conditions and Ground Based Generators

Downwind Precipitation Augmentation in Sangre
de Cristo Range From Cloud-Seeding in San
Juan Mountains

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Map, Colorado River Basin .
The Potential Extent of an Operational Program
in the Upper Colorado River Basin in Comparison
to the Pilot Project

Locations in the West
Conducted

Where WOSA Can Be

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WOSA and Public Policy
Laws, Institutions, and Public Policy
Weather Modification-A Question of
Responsibility
The National Interest
Conflicts of Interest
Powers of a Federal Regulatory Board

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The Upper Colorado River Basin-Expected
Increases in Snowfall from WOSA
a. Expected Increases in Snowfall for a Year Having
a Normal Number of Seeding Opportunities
b. Expected Increases in Snowfall That Can Be
Produced by Cloud-Seeding

Proposed WOSA Information and Control System

Possible Augmented Runoff from the Target Areas
in Average Snowfall Year

Alternative Technologies for Colorado River
Water Supply Augmentation

Methods of Avalanche Control

Flood Control

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Organizing a Full-Scale WOSA Program
Possible Operating Authorities
Operating Authority Selection
The Form of an Operating Authority

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9. Managing WOSA in the Public Interest
Public Interest in Decision Making
Damages and Liability

Appendix

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Seeding Limits for

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