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<br />In 1972, the Kansas Legislature took giant and progressive <br /> <br /> <br />steps when the Groundwater Management District Act became law. <br /> <br /> <br />The act enabled interested groups to form organizations which <br /> <br /> <br />would provide a means to implement area water conServation <br /> <br /> <br />programs, thus, Western Kansas Groundwater Management Districts <br /> <br /> <br />(WKGMD) number 1 and 3 became legal entities of the state of <br /> <br /> <br />Kansas. <br /> <br />Soon, after the WKGMD No. 1 became a reality, the district. <br />supporters turned' their efforts to the identification of pro- <br />gram goals and individual objectives. <br /> <br />One of the primary objectives was to organize and design an <br /> <br /> <br />operational weather modification program. The cloud seeding <br /> <br /> <br />program was to be implemented in order to help alleviate the <br /> <br /> <br />ever-increasing loss of sub-surface water in western Kansas. <br /> <br /> <br />The decision to implement the program came after a review of <br /> <br /> <br />results from KANCUP (Kansas Cumulus Project) and state wide <br /> <br /> <br />seeding programs in North and South Dakota. <br /> <br />The primary program objectives were to be pursued for an inde- <br /> <br /> <br />finite number of years during the planting, growing, andha~vest- <br /> <br /> <br />ing season. The objectives were to: <br /> <br />~: <br /> <br />(a) Induce additional rainfall by seeding selected clouds <br /> <br />in the absence of severe Or potentially severe weather. <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />". <br /> <br />- 2 - <br />