Augmentation of the Colorado River through Weather Modification April 29 1982

• Description: Augmentation of the Colorado River through Weather Modification April 29 1982
• State: CO
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Date: 4/28/1982
• Author: Broadbent, Robert
• Title: Augmentation of the Colorado River through Weather Modification April 29 1982
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Meeting

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very high benefit -to -cost ratio. For every dollar spent,
the project would return between seven and ten dollars in
benefits. A Basin -wide operational program could be expected
to produce 1.3 million acre -feet of additional water in the
Upper Colorado River Basin, 298,000 acre -feet in the Lower
Colorado River Basin, and 533,000 acre -feet in adjacent
basins.
Colorado River Enhanced Snowpack Test financing is based on
an equitable application of the "beneficiary pay" principle.
Thus far, the Bureau has invested approximately $56 million
in General Investigation funds, with Congressional approval,
to investigate and develop wintertime weather modification
technology to be demonstrated in the Colorado River Basin.
Consequently, it is appropriate that the financing for the
final adaptation and application of this promising new means
of water resource augmentation be provided by the region
where the benefits will be realized. The Basin States have
expressed their support for the program.