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<br /> <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />fl0236f1 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />it I' critical to eltabltah the form .Dd precedent of . Federal or <br />Federal-State demonstration of cloud aeeding .. aoon .. po..ible <br />before: (1) atate lava aDd regulations on cloud a.eding reduce or <br />make Federal optiona harder to arrange, (2) vilderne.. area admin- <br />iatration become. more rigid, (3) poorly conducted aeeding operation. <br />C8Ua. . &ajor opp~itloD to weather ~lflc.tion. and (4) additional <br />junior vater right. are filed, A minimal, but fully committed, atart <br />i. {C1portant. <br /> <br />Section VIII - AU~Dt.tion Demon8tration Plan <br /> <br />There are .Ix ..in mountain rang.. in the Colorado River B..in <br />regIon. Runoff from five of th... rang.. flowa into adjoining river <br />b..ins. The total annual vater augmentation potential from cloud <br />aeeding for thea. five range. i. .atimated at 2,080,000 acre-feet. <br /> <br />AUGHENTA nON POTENTIAL <br />0,000 acre-feet) <br /> <br />Mountain Ana <br /> <br />Colorado Baaln <br /> <br />AdjoininR Baains <br /> <br />Total <br /> <br />Wind River <br />Uinta <br />Park <br />San Juan <br /> <br />106* <br />98* <br />128* <br />382* <br /> <br />125* <br />20 <br />66* <br />116* <br /> <br />231** <br />118** <br />194** <br />498** <br /> <br />Subtotal <br />(Seed Areaa) <br /> <br />714 <br /> <br />321 <br /> <br />1,041 <br /> <br />Central Colorado <br />(Control Area) <br /> <br />601* <br /> <br />140 <br /> <br />141 <br /> <br />Upper Balln <br /> <br />1,315 <br /> <br />461 <br /> <br />1,782 <br /> <br />MogoUon Rim <br />(Lover Baaln) <br /> <br />298* <br /> <br />298** <br /> <br />TOTAL <br /> <br />1,613 <br /> <br />461 <br /> <br />2.080 <br /> <br />* EIUNt.a from "Tltelve B.aain lnveatigaUon," North American <br />Weather Conaultantl, 1973 <br />.. Recommended aeeding demonstration are.. <br /> <br />Each of theae basinl vll1 be aeeded on a full operational ba'il for <br />a lo-year period and the .ixth buin, tbe Central Colorado Rockies, <br />viII be left.. a control area for evaluation. The .u~entation <br />Ire.s are outlined on the map on the following page. Ten years i. <br />the minimum period for confident .tatistical hydrologiC evaluation <br />of atreamflov augmentation by operational cloud seeding in the <br /> <br />8 <br /> <br />