WMOD00592

• Project Name: Project Skywater
• Title: Project Skywater - Final Environmental Statement - Volume I
• Date: 1/1/1977
• Weather Modification - Doc Type: Report

CONTENTS - Continued

CHAPTER 6. SHORT - A.~D LONG-TER.\t USES OF TIlE El\'VIRO!\'HEf\T

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6. Introduction.. . ... . ... . . . . . . . . ... . . .. .. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . 6-1

6 . 1 . Short - t erm use s ................................. 6-1

6.2. Long-term uses .................................. 6-1

7.

7.1.
7.2.
7.3.
7.4.
7.5.
7.6.
7.7.

6.2.l.
6.2.2.

Management of orographic sno~Tack ..........
Managenent of summer convective

precipitation ............................ 6-2

C~~PTER 7. IRREVERSIBLE ~~D IRRETRIEVABLE
CO~NITItE!>l"S OF RESOURCES

Introduction

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6-1

7-1

7-1
7-1
7-1
1-1
7-1
7-1
7-2

8 . I nt roduc t i on ......................................... 8 -1

8.l.
8.2.
8.3.

8.4.
8.5.

Silver iodide...................................

AmmoniuM nitrate-urea mixture ...................

Sodium chloride .................................

Solid carbon dioxide (dry ice) ..................

Fue 1 ............................................

Electrical energy ...............................

Ero 5 ion .........................................

C~~PTER 8. ALTER~ATIVES TO THE PROPOSED ACTIO~

The null alternative............................
Accommodating to projected ~~ter shortages ......
Expanded application of conventional water
resource engineering ..........................
Geothermal waters ...............................
Saline waters ...................................

8.5.1. Impacts of electrodialysis and

8-1
8-1

8-2
8-16
8-16

8.5.2. Impacts of desalination by

reverse osmosis .......................... 8-17

distillation............................. 8-20

8.5.3. Impacts of desalination hy freezing ........ 8-20

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