CLOUD SEEDING, WHY NOT? | Airboating at Farmington Bay UT WMA Great Salt Lake LOWEST LEVELS EVER

We went out to Farmington Bay. Motoring around looking for waterfowl we noticed the water level was the lowest ever. Researching on the Utah.gov website, https://water.utah.gov/cloudseeding/ , we can not find any information for Cloud Seeding being done since the 2019/2020 winter season.
Question is why? Utah has been cloud seeding since the early 1950s to help augment the state’s water supply. The Cloud Seeding Act of 1973 gave authority to the Utah Division of Water Resources to oversee state cloud seeding projects. Ground-based seeders shoot silver iodide into winter clouds where it helps form ice crystals. The seeders are placed along foothills and higher elevations where the release of the cloud seeds is timed so that air currents carry them high into the cloud.

This process is effective because clouds are formed by water vapor and dust. Under certain natural conditions those water droplets will freeze together around the dust or other particles and, when heavy enough, will fall from the sky as snow. Often, there is more snow that can fall but limited by the number of particles around which ice crystals can form. That is why adding particles, or seeds, facilitates and accelerates the process which may lead to more snow falling than would have under natural conditions. Its surprisingly inexpensive, only $200,000 per year, according to the Utah Division of Natural Resources.

****The public is invited to participate in the public review of the 2021 Water Resources Plan here: https://water.utah.gov/2021waterplan/

We really need to get involved in every arm of our government . We put them in those positions to work for us and make the right decisions for our growing communities. Water is our most important resource.

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