SPUWCD Backs Cloud Seeding to Boost Rainfall Across District
Directors of the South Plains Underground Water Conservation District vote to fund a 1998 precipitation enhancement program using a 0.035 per acre cost, backed by state funds, with Weather Modification Inc. supplying meteorology and aircraft to seed clouds over more than 10 million acres across multiple Texas and New Mexico counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Plains Underground Water Conservation District
Spuwcd
High Plains
Sandy Land
New Mexico
Lubbock
Plains
South Plains
Brownfield
Llano Estacado
Quay, Curry
Roosevelt
Plainview
Texas
Agriculture Water Conservation Equipment
Weather Modification Inc
WMI
Fargo
North Dakota
Littlefield
Amarillo
Portales
Terry
Yoakum
Sandy Land District
Bailey
Castro
Cochran
Hale
Hockley
Lamb
Lynn
Palmer
Armstrong
Crosby
Deaf Smith
Floyd
Potter
Randall
High Plains Water District
Hpwd
South Plains Water District
Tahoka Road
High Plains Experiment
Hiplex
Big Spring-Snyder
West
A. Wayne Wyatt
Ken Carver
Agriculture Water Conservation Equipment Loan
Precipitation Enhancement Program Overview and FAQs
This document explains precipitation enhancement or cloud seeding using silver iodide to boost rainfall. It covers purpose, benefits, private and social advantages, economic impacts, effectiveness since 1971, safety of silver iodide concentrations, operational areas in Texas and New Mexico, launch date May 1 1998, funding sources, and addresses concerns about rainfall displacement or downwind effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Jonish
Texas Tech University
U.S. Public Health Service
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Coleman Park
Bonn
Wendy
Brownfield Regional Medical Center
Fartley
Santy
Igaines
Garza
Colorado River
Bailey, Castro
Lamb, Lynn
Palmer, Terry
Armstrong, Crosby, Deaf Smith
Floyd, Potter, and Randall
Roosevelt, Curry
Quay Counties
Texas/New Mexico