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Denver Water Board Seeks Approval for Cloud Seeding.

The Denver Post (Denver, CO)

| September 17, 2002 | This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Steve Lipsher

Sep. 17--SILVERTHORNE, Colo.-- Denver Water officials made their case Monday for the most ambitious cloud-seeding project ever attempted in the state.

They said they hope the drought-inspired effort will squeeze out enough extra water for 50,000 families next year.

"We feel the snowpack could be increased by 10 to 20 percent," said Chips Barry, manager of the Denver Water Board, which serves 1.1 million people in the metro area. "We could conceivably gain as much as 48,000 to 50,000 acre-feet of water from this project. That's on the optimistic side. We could see less."

Barry is seeking a state permit that would allow…

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