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/_ AW <br />REMARKS OF ROBERT N. BROADBENT, COMMISSIONER, <br />BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR <br />AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF <br />CIVIL ENGINEERS (ASCE), SESSION 62 -IR, "AUGMENTATION <br />OF THE COLORADO RIVER THROUGH WEATHER MODIFICATION," <br />LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, <br />APRIL 29, 1982 <br />I appreciate the opportunity to keynote this session of the <br />ASCE Annual meeting on Augmentation of the Colorado River <br />through Weather Modification. I would like to give you an <br />overview of the Bureau of Reclamation's proposal for demon- <br />strating significant increases in the flow Df the Colorado <br />through cloud seeding. Myron Holburt, Ray Jay Davis, and <br />Bernie Silverman, who are following me on the agenda, will <br />give more details on the water quality, legal, and meteoro- <br />logical aspects of this concept. <br />I. Federal Water Policy <br />First, I will give you a brief appraisal of the Reagan <br />Administration's policy on water projects. Basically, we <br />are pushing for more State and local control over the way <br />water resources are developed and used. We are leading a <br />strong move toward State, local, and commercial cost sharing <br />with the Federal Government in future investment for water <br />resource development. The Reagan Administration has come <br />out strongly in favor of full -cost repayment for water and <br />power projects, as part of a move to strengthen the free <br />market system. At the same time, we have reaffirmed the <br />validity of existing contracts, even when those contracts <br />lock in water and power rates that are farther below market <br />rates than we might like to see. The Administration has <br />