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<br />ooon9 <br /> <br />Supporting this specific Basin effort must be continuing broad <br />research and engineering development programs to provide new <br /> <br />ideas, instruments and equipment, techniques, and general environ- <br /> <br />mental studies, <br /> <br />The Department of the Interior planning report, "Plan to Develop <br /> <br />~~f:k <br />~JtU <br />I <br />/il'lt;!;; <br />1.~~--.~ <br />t1~:.ftJ <br />~""". <br />.;iJ'!i!'i <br />ir~1 <br />J;.j.p;~%~ <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />~,.~ <br /> <br />Project Outline <br /> <br />Technology for Increasing Water Yield from Atmospheric Sources" <br /> <br />outlines a broad program in applied weather modification research, <br /> <br /> <br />including an operational adaptation sequence. This sequence follows <br /> <br />a two-stage grouping of field projects aimed directly at developing <br />a practical ability to increase the yield of water from the atmosphere <br />in specific areas of need, The two stages: (1) "experimental projects, <br /> <br />and (2) pilot projects; each include planning and design, establishment, <br /> <br />operation, and evaluation steps. A preliminary estimate of the research <br />effort required to obtain a reiiab1e capability in the Upper Colorado <br /> <br />River Basin can be made based on this sequence, <br /> <br />Fortunately, there are already several cloud seeding operations and <br /> <br />....:.~~ <br />~~~ <br /> <br />experiments in the Upper Basin, In particular, field research at <br />Steamboat Springs by E, Bollay Associates, Inc., for the Bureau of <br /> <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />Reclamation and at several sites in western Colorado by Lewis O. <br /> <br />'. <br /> <br />Grant of Colorado State University for the National Science Founda- <br />tions and the State of Colorado can provide valuable experience and <br />data for designing and soon implementing a full-scale research pro- <br /> <br />gram for the Basin, <br /> <br />~!~~;it~j~~ijt~li~~liih~~ i%?j\rfJ~'W'" <br /> <br /> <br />ii~~~W>:~ <br />'~,~'-~'--;- -. <br />.~ ;--;..;..-." <br />3 2 ~5,.; <br />:'~:~~~f~~~~t~E~i~;f?!!t!~~Wl~~~i!tlbRr~i~~;~~~~~E~~~~~1 <br />