Can cloud seeding boost Colorado’s rainfall? For the first time in the state, a company is trying to find out
For the first time in Colorado, warm weather modification experiments have begun. Colorado has been using cloud seeding as far back as the 1950s, but an all-new project is taking shape on the Eastern Plains. Located in Gill, in Weld County, it’s not the kind of cloud seeding most people picture. There’s no plane and no silver iodide flare. Rain Enhancement Technologies is using a ground-based system called WETA, which is short for weather enhancement technology array. … In simplest terms, electricity generated by solar panels powers the ground-based WETA station. The system electrically charges naturally occurring particles near the ground, and wind currents carry those charged particles higher into the atmosphere.
Other water innovation news:
- CBS Colorado: Colorado’s first rainwater harvesting pilot moves to water court, researchers look to the practice amid drought
- Inside Climate News: ‘Sponge cities’ are catching on. But can they handle supercharged storms?
- University of Arizona: News release: U of A-led project presents solutions for Arizona’s water worries
