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<br />0009dCl <br /> <br />hearings before the Senate Subcommittee on Water and Power Resources <br />on the Interior report led to a resolution by the Senate Committee on <br />Interior and Insular Affairs to activate the plan, Thus far, however, <br />none of the proposed research programs have reached the expanded <br />scale of activities recommended. <br /> <br />Application <br /> <br />An evaluation of how weather modification would be used to augment <br />water supplies centers around such questions as: <br /> <br />ff~W <br />;{~i~ <br />~~~,' <br />~':.i. <br />.-;~~ <br />ti~$ <br />;:;J.-::'~z <br />~?~';: <br /> <br />How much new usable water can be expected? <br />Where and how will it be produced? <br />What are the estimated costs? <br />What benefits could be derived? <br />What research and engineering effort is required to obtain a <br />reliable capability to produce the new water? <br /> <br />Preliminary estimates answering these questions are developed in the <br />following sections, <br /> <br />%~>..: <br />~~~ <br /> <br /> <br />.- <br /> <br />! <br />~~1 <br />. ~~f1d <br />::;-:;:.::<: <br />"..;.;...:.:-: <br />::;~;:{'. <br /> <br />General <br />This paper considers only what can be done by the mid-1970's. This <br />restriction limits estimates of water supply increases by the nature <br />and scope of a reliable capability that can reasonably be developed and <br /> <br />6 <br /> <br />"':,'.__..;~ <br />,...,,'.>. ,.:~- <br />t~~\>:.: <br />.....--.. <br />;;_::~'.~:"';- <br />'.".', <br /> <br />:".::.." <br /> <br />;-,",.. <br />",-_....; J,. <br /> <br /> <br />1?'1l~YS~lt~~.~~~,e".~.l(~ <br />