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<br />" <br /> <br />FOREWORD <br /> <br />Paul C. Summers1 <br /> <br />Traditionally, when someone speaks of water resource <br />development, it is generally understood that they are speaking <br />of building dams and reservoirs, installing pipelines or concrete <br />lining ditches or canals, or in some other way of storing <br />or distributing the water resources; but there is only one <br />way of increasing or developing new water supplies, and that <br />is to develop atmospheric water. In many areas of the United <br />, <br />States and the world, there is a need for additional new water <br />, <br /> <br />supplies, and in many of these areas the weather modification <br />technology can be very useful. <br /> <br />The guidelines for implementing weather modification <br />are intended to provide water resource managers with information <br />and references that they may need to make a decision on the <br />use of weather modification to augment available water supplies. <br /> <br />For the preparing of this document, the ASCE Weather <br />Modification Committee was fortunate enough to bring together <br />six experts in the weather modification field and have them <br />devote a great amount of uncompensated time towards putting <br />together this most valuable document. As can be seen by looking <br />through the text, there is covered the most important areas <br />of the science of weather modification, the instrumentation <br />needed for operations, and how to implement the program along <br />with the non-technical but extremely important aspects of <br />social, environmental, as well as legal aspects. This is <br /> <br />1Cloud Seeding Coordinator, State of Utah, Division of Water <br />Resources, 1626 West North Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah 84116 <br />