Title: "Cloud Seeding Funding"
Source: KRNV
Aired: 11/20/09 5:00 pm
Keywords: cloud seeding, budget, tahoe, wrwc, granted, funding, dri, desert, research, institute
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The Western Regional Water Commission granted a request by DRI to provide up to $45,000 to continue its cloud seeding program, which was poised to shut down in the wake of state budget cuts. The commitment follows a $161,150 pledge made last month by the Truckee Meadows Water Authority from its Truckee River Fund and ensures the program can fully continue this winter, boosting snowfall in the Truckee and Tahoe Basins.