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<br /> <br />002311" <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />upwind of the mount.i~. Aircraft may be uaed to augment the ground <br />network. Project meteorological inatrumentatioD and National Weather <br />Service data are uled along with computer model. to determine suitable <br />.torm period. for leeding as veIl .. data for evaluatioD. <br /> <br />Much of the actual field work including analy.ea and environmental <br />monitoring viII be performed through Project Skyvater contract. <br />although ule of exiating Reclamation radarl. computer. and <br />communication factItt!.. viII be made. <br /> <br />Re.ponaibility Linea - During the inltial 14-year period when <br />evaluation and demonetration are .epeet81ly critical, project <br />authority would be through the Bureau of Reclamation'. Dlvialon of <br />Atmo.pheric Water R.aouree. Hanagement aa part of "Project Skyvater." <br />Seeding deciaions and project management responsibilities would be <br />by . project director reporting to the Cbief, Division of Atm08pheric <br />Water Reaourcea Management. along with full recognition of state <br />coordination. <br /> <br />Variou8 management atructures. such as outlined in the Stanford <br />report ~/ should be cou.idered as a permanent operating organization <br />after the initial period. <br /> <br />Section IX - Succea. Measurement <br /> <br />1. The prime measure of .ucce.s i. the water augmentation ~ount <br />actually added to the Colorado River Sa.in and adjoining basins and <br />. scientifically a~ politically acceptable evaluation of the <br />augmentation quantity. <br /> <br />2. The demonatration of operational cloud seeding without cau.ing <br />major uoresolvable environmental. aocial, or legal liability probl~ <br />and a developed general acceptability of cloud seeding a. a practical <br />technology. <br /> <br />3. DefinitioD aDd ...igament of pover revenues, salInity improvements, <br />vater aales, and other b.nefita due to the initial augmentation. <br /> <br />Section X - Coat-Benefit <br /> <br />The total funds estimated to accomp1iah the initiative for a 14-year <br />augmentation demenatratien program ar. $36.6 million. Estimated <br />accrual of additional Federal power revenue. is aome $50 million <br />during the 14 year.. The moat conaervative eatimate of the combined <br />mean benefit of vater supply augmentation is about $20 per acre-foot. <br />At cost. of $3 per acre-foot for the first 14 year. including <br /> <br />11 <br /> <br />4/ "The Impacta of Snow Enhancement, Technology Assessment of Winter <br />Orographic Snovpack Augmentation in the Upper Colorado River B8.in." <br />compiled by Leo W. Weisbecker. Stanford Reaearch Institute. 1974 <br /> <br />