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SANTA FE -- The City Council has approved $20,000 for a study on the possibility of seeding clouds to produce more rainfall.
The resolution was unanimously endorsed. The study would determine whether the clouds in the Santa Fe area are the type that might drop more precipitation if seeded with iodine crystals dropped from airplanes.
"This is something every one of us when we were running for election said we would do, look for additional water supplies," said Mayor Larry Delgado. "So I think we should do this."
City finance director Kathryn Raveling said the money for the project could probably be taken from funds generated by the city's plumbing retrofitting laws.
The resolution specifies that in order for Santa Fe to put the money into the study, other local governments would have to commit $80,000.
Some water experts have said cloud seeding is a cost-effective way to get extra rain from clouds. However, there is little scientific evidence showing that it actually works.
Federal and state money is being made available to study the process.
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