Other Past Issues:
- Urban Water ManagementVolume 9, Number 1
- Water ConservationVolume 8, Number 6
- CO2 SequestrationVolume 8, Number 5
- Nitrates in GroundwaterVolume 8, Number 4
- Beyond StationarityVolume 8, Number 3
- Watershed ManagementVolume 8, Number 2
- Dear Mr. President and Members of Congress:Volume 8, Number 1
- Uranium MiningVolume 7, Number 6
- Water Projects Writ LargeVolume 7, Number 5
- Endangered SpeciesVolume 7, Number 4
- Aquifer Recharge, Storage, and RecoveryVolume 7, Number 3
- Too Much SaltVolume 7, Number 2
- EvapotranspirationVolume 7, Number 1
- Invasive SpeciesVolume 6, Number 6
- Water-Energy Nexus Volume 6, Number 5
- Forensic Hydrology Volume 6, Number 4
- Can We Have It All? Volume 6, Number 3
- Cloud Seeding Volume 6, Number 2
- Inconvenient Hydrology? Volume 6, Number 1
- Disinfection Byproducts Volume 5, Number 6
- Rural Water Volume 5, Number 5
- Decision Support Systems Volume 5, Number 4
- Dealing With Data Volume 5, Number 3
- Aging Infrastructure Volume 5, Number 2
- Constructed Wetlands Volume 5, Number 1
- Produced Water Volume 4, Number 6
- Border Crossing Volume 4, Number 5
- 21st Century Agriculture Volume 4, Number 4
- Remote Sensing of Hydrologic Parameters Volume 4, Number 3
- Drought Along the Colorado River Volume 4, Number 2
- Sustainability in an Era of Limits Volume 4, Number 1
- Waterborne Pathogens Volume 3, Number 6
- Watersheds on Fire Volume 3, Number 5
- Management of Terminal Lakes Volume 3, Number 4
- GIS Applications in Hydrology Volume 3, Number 3
- Water as a Commodity Volume 3, Number 2
- The Re-emergence of the Colorado River Delta Volume 3, Number 1
- PPCPs in Our Waters Volume 2, Number 6
- Remote Data Acquisition Volume 2, Number 5
- Groundwater/Surface Water: Managed or Litigated? Volume 2, Number 4
- Desalination Volume 2, Number 3
- Riparian Restoration Volume 2, Number 2
- Tracking Groundwater with Isotopes Volume 2, Number 1
- Natural Resources Damage Assessments Volume 1, Number 4
- The Hydrology of Mine Pit Lakes Volume 1, Number 3
- Climate Variability and Water Resources Planning Volume 1, Number 2
- Arsenic in Drinking Water Volume 1, Number 1
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Cloud Seeding
| Volume 6 Number 2 |
March/April 2007 |
As western water managers look for ways to diversify their water portfolios, they’re increasingly looking up to the clouds, wondering if they can squeeze any additional water from them. Is cloud seeding a viable new source of water for the West? Perhaps. Under certain conditions, microscopic-sized materials injected into clouds can cause more precipitation to occur than would have fallen naturally. But many questions remain regarding the details of the process, the success of programs, and the impacts of air pollution. Such questions have held up federal funding of research programs, but some local groups are proceeding on their own.
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