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. decision making. The two-hour forecasts products helped as well. Modellixes for a warm temperature bias around mountains were implemented and model runs were completed again. The model also had an over prediction bias for natural precipitation. There were very small differences between seed and no seed precipitation amounts for the selected 30 day seeded runs. Another area to explore for future efforts was the almost noncxistent super cooled liquid water in the output and mapping. It is well known that super cooled liquid water drives cloud seeding effectiveness. In the future using equipment to measure cloud condensation nuclei concentrations and ice nuclei concentrations to develop background concentrations and inputs for the model would help. A vertically pointed microwave radiometer and scanning cloud by radar would identify regions of liquid water in the clouds. This project was successfully completed and commitments honored to Reclamation. It is hoped that when future fimding is available the CWCB and CSU will build upon this modeling effort. This report can be found at http://cwcb.state.co.uslWeatherModification/PermitProllllllJl.htm . · Colorado Wloter Storm Climatology although HDR Engineering and hasn't completed their portion of this study, collect and analyze Super cooled liquid water data, the first report has been completed. The "Feasibility of Snowpack Enhancement from Colorado Winter Mountain Clouds: Emphasis on Super-cooled Liquid Water and Seeding with Silver Iodide and Propane" report was prepared by Arlin Super and James Heinbach, two noted scientists. Three topics were discussed: 1) availability, abundance and locations of super-cooled liquid water 2) the complexity of the release of seeding agents in order to effectively seed SL W cloud and 3) the advantages and disadvantages of using liquid propane in Colorado to compliment current silver iodide operations. This can be found at hltD://cwcb.state.co.uslWeather Modification!Permit Prol!ralll.htm · Cllmate Study - Snowpacks DeelloIDg: The Rocky Mountain Climate Organization of Louisville, Colorado recently released a report "Less Snow, Less Water: Climate Disruption in the West" in September 2005. Staff attended the press conference at Denver Water and believes this report is a good general discussion of what is being seen in climate modeling, air pollution monitoring, temperature monitoring, and snowpack monitoring in the west and the trends. It can be downloaded at htto:/lrockvmountainclimate.ol'2l. DSS Managers Contribute to 2006 EdItIon of "Watershed Models": Donald K. Frevert and Vijay P. Singh have a new book out on "Watershed Modeling". Ray Alvarado and Ray Bennett contributed a chapter to that book. Congratulations to both. CODservatlon Training for Water Professionals: Kathie Lucki attended the Conservation Training for Water Professionals Oct. 19 - 20 in Westminster, CO. The training was sponsored by the Colorado WaterWise Council and promoted the CWCB's Water Conservation Planning Grant Program (HB04- 1365) and Water Efficiency Grant Program (HBOS-12S4). Program brochures were distributed to the 42 people in attendance. Some of the water providers/agencies represented were as follows: Dillon, Kiowa, Brighton, Aurora, Denver, Thornton BLM-Gd. Jnct, Firestone, Pueblo, Colorado Springs, Ft. Collins, Loveland, Westminster, Castle Rock, Greeley, Aspen, Western Water Resources, Associates, Northern Water Conservation District, Big Thompson Conservancy Dist., and Greenco. . The training provided municipalities and water providers with technical assistance to help them develop water conservation plans. Particular attention was focused was on the CWCB's recently approved water conservation guidelines and model template conservation plan. There was active discussion pertaining to . various conservation ideas and problems for different sectors of use, xeriscape, urban water-wise irrigation, and general information regarding the State and our water history and policies. 35