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<br /> <br />;1J2355 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />no comprehensive Federal policy yet developed for veather modification <br />and the National Water Co~i..lon Report (page 391) recoaaended that <br />comprehensive legislatIon .wait further result. and Info~tlon on <br />capabilltieaf effecta and needs. <br /> <br />Two Solicitors' opinions outline the Bureau of Reclamation'. authority <br />to engage tn weather ~lflc.tlon research (July 13, 1966, and Dec~ber 30, <br />1971) . <br /> <br />A Federal inItiative 1_ needed for vater augmentation by cloud leeding <br />for new vater to meet the e.,entla1 national need. and to sufficiently <br />fl~ up state supplle. to .eet compact requirement.. <br /> <br />Section III . Interior', Research Efforts to AURment Colorado River <br />Water Supplies by Weather Modification <br /> <br />($ in Thouunds) <br /> <br />PrORram <br /> <br />FY 1976 <br />Current <br />Expended <br /> <br />FY 1977 <br />and T.Q. <br />Bud9;et <br /> <br />FY 1978 <br />Proposed <br /> <br />Colorado River <br />Pilot Project <br /> <br />$281 <br />(final analysis) <br />'2 pos it ions <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />Preliminary <br />Studies <br /> <br />$150 <br />1 position <br /> <br />$100 <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />Aug_at.Cion <br />DemonstratIon <br />Program <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />$600 <br /> <br />$431 <br />3 positions <br /> <br />$100 <br /> <br />$600 <br />3 positions <br /> <br />Inputs. The Colorado River Pilot Project. a $6.5 .111ion research <br />project as part of the Bureau of Reclamation'. "Project Skyvater." <br />began in 1968 with the final report and analyses due in late 1976. <br />Environmental monitoring and effects studies have been made during <br />the pilot project. They indicate that there are no ahort-term <br />adverse impacts which cannot be adequately protected against. <br />Additional field exper~nt. have been completed in Arizona. <br />Colorado. Nev MexIco, Utah and Wyoming that developed the techniques <br />being tested 1n the pUot project. <br /> <br />Additional .tudiea of legal and environmental considerations of cloud <br />seeding will be c~leted in 1976 and cooperative agreement. for <br />planning, seeding operations, evaluation and water marketing will be <br />discussed with state agencies in the Colorado River Basin. States in <br />the basin have a growing hi. tory of involvement with cloud seeding <br />and have tentatively expresaed an interest in cooperating in <br />developing weather ~dific.tlon water au~ntation programs. <br /> <br />3 <br /> <br />