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Brownfield News

Location

Brownfield, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 10, 1998

Page

8

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.

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.

Jim Jonish Texas Tech University U.S. Public Health Service

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