|
<br />
<br />@~,
<br />
<br />BOARD Of DIRECTORS
<br />
<br />(:H"'JII~....~,\...W.""'"
<br />o.;>M'I...n,of
<br />....~r>lll.......!a'o o..""'-R'
<br />~'<M'OIfo<" 11."Iol'R~
<br />~.s....'~[)o.'u}'!r.!'
<br /><..os, ~~~}'51
<br />
<br />\1(:E.(:H...IN'>t.......,~lI.iced..
<br />O.'",,~n. ...,......."'."....
<br />~....r.:.,_s...~
<br />s... ~ T""" H,ll>
<br />.""".. C.n..... Tl>"i ~.O
<br />.-II,}]'.....l-5m
<br />
<br />HCll..TR[A.~.. "'''' C. s...-.
<br />0...., SoN,n.C...o<<l........
<br />00..._... "''''' R.......!a'o
<br />~J5 51". C'PO"~ B~,Id.,"~
<br />~>.l'U..C", 1,;'.,.....tlO
<br />.",,"s..U.!oo01
<br />
<br />'lIE...,."'lIIlaaH.~...
<br />~~""o..;....>l '.""wllw~
<br />RUC.p'....S'....E.
<br />s........Orr_~.)10
<br />,SoJl'J,.)1~ft
<br />
<br />.IIE.:, DoJooloo '01.......
<br />S.,,,,,_...lI.,..I'''hC...."'''.1
<br />S..,.".....s..'''l<h..,..C...",.
<br />,J(lr"J.lJ_'lS'
<br />
<br />...llt...J,__~"'''''_
<br />~II......""'I...."....
<br />l,i~......,.. ,,' .....>oJ.
<br />lb... "'..>oJ...."'.)
<br />,'"1),'.':_1"""
<br />
<br />...llt'.,OW"""_
<br />H..;',_............:'<f._.",..O'...
<br />f-.......,...'...."H..t...'..II.............
<br />-.""'.....,0.,"''>0
<br />\1...." , Of ~l...."
<br />.~,..,.".._....."
<br />
<br />""Il:,"~,I_T.(_....
<br />(-"...'.......0..........
<br />...,.I"-........s.......
<br />"':1 ".\0",,,,,,
<br />ll......" "0 ".\0,
<br />,'Il1,::..I-.......
<br />
<br />.Rt....,O-~4r_"_...
<br />..............tI......,....s...1'll
<br />100"'..._11.......).
<br />r,'9<........""_':
<br />.'>1 J1l">-..I1'~
<br />
<br />I,,(..,o..r...."......_
<br />llorp ~ ..... w..,__on
<br />:..; ~,,~...... ~ "'_ B.~.
<br />'...'.SO.H.........II.,..!
<br />f,,,I,..o..... '"'~"...._U
<br />.~" 1'J .1\..
<br />
<br />.IlE...., Do. EarlG.o--
<br />Or..... II..........
<br />......".".,.......t;...
<br />+>Os..."""
<br />1f............,C.".,..:."".
<br />,.'....'.,11.
<br />
<br />.1IE...f...........
<br />....".......... l.l.l" .' .......II~~
<br />,...".t.-.....\"....
<br />.....".........."'...1,.....'.,;."
<br />.,-....,.....
<br />
<br />..~, 100~. Dl-.. no. 11-
<br />
<br />NORTH AMERICAN INTERSTATE
<br />
<br />
<br />,I
<br />
<br />COUNCIL
<br />
<br />~rch 11, 1977
<br />
<br />BOX 3CE. :-l.~tS.U.. LAS CRUCES, NEW MEXICO 88003
<br />Conrad G. K~1et. J.
<br />E.lecutiveSecretar
<br />(505) 640 . J2J.
<br />
<br />[10
<br />
<br />("""'1re>Sio~J
<br />+lte. &si'"
<br />
<br />cl e.1cga.+,'oco ]
<br />5 fu.tes
<br />
<br />all
<br />Cl-t
<br />
<br />In the Colorado River Basin Project Act, PL 90-537, Congress declared
<br />that the satisfaction of the requirements of the ~exican Water Treaty
<br />from the Colorado River constitutes 3 national obligation which shall
<br />be the first obligation of any water augmentation project authorized
<br />by the Congress. In the Conf2rence Report on that Act (Report ~861,
<br />House of Representatives, 90th Congress, 2nd Session), it is stated
<br />that, when the water supplies and requirements of the Western United
<br />States are determined (as was done in Interior's "Wescwide Study Report,
<br />dat~d April 1975), the Secretary of the Interior should then proceed
<br />with investigations to determine the most economical means of augmentin~
<br />the water supply of the Colorado River. ,
<br />
<br />However, the Secretary does not have funds in his budget to carry out
<br />this Congressional mandate in Fiscal Year 1978. In fact, planning
<br />funds for the one program that appears to be, by far, the most economica
<br />means for augmenting the river, cloud seeding in the Colorado River
<br />Basin, have been eliminated from the Bureau of Reclamation's Fiscal
<br />Year 1978 budget.
<br />
<br />The Bureau of Reclamation conducted a limited-scale weat~er modification
<br />pilot project in a portion of the San Juan ~ountains in the Colcrado
<br />River Basin over five winter seasons, ending in April 1975. Thereaf~er,
<br />independent evaluations were made of the results of the pilot project.
<br />In a recently-released report thereon. an independent consulting firm
<br />arrived at the significant conclusions that a correctly-designed and
<br />operated winter cloud-seeding program would produce a significant
<br />increase in precipitation which would. in turn, increase streamflow
<br />in the Colorado River Basin.
<br />
<br />The Bureau of Reclamation has concluded that the next step between the
<br />pilot project and a pe~nent program of cloud-seeding for augmenting
<br />the Colorado River is a large-scale demonstration project, and in1:1al
<br />planning on such a project has been underJay in Fiscal Year 19ii. The
<br />Colorado River Demonst~ation Project is supported by concerned agencies
<br />throughout the basin. As mentioned earlier. however, there are co funds
<br />for continued planning for a demonstra:ion project in the Fiscal Year
<br />1975 3udget.
<br />
<br />58
<br />
|