Show releases operation figures to increase sno Snow apa pack P L 1 officials of the water resources development corp in denver released operations figures on the seven iodide generators which have been operating for an increased snow pack in southwestern colorado the generator at ignacio coo operated 10 hours 45 minutes on december 13 and 24 and 6 hours 45 minutes on january 3 the unit at kay enta ariz operated a total of 63 hours 40 minutes in december and was in in operation on the ath and in january this generator operated a total of 71 hours 15 minutes and was used on the ath ath and the silver iodide generator at blanding utah operated a total of hours during december and was used on the 2nd and 3rd ard ath ath and in january the blanding unit ran a total of 58 hours and was used on the 3rd ard fth and the generator at the carson trading post in new mexico ran a total of 48 hours 40 minutes in december on the 2nd and and and ed a total of 2314 23 hours in january on the ath and the generator at the red rock trading post in arizona was in operation for 44 hou hours r s 40 minutes in december on tf the and and ran 30 vz hours in january on the and A newly installed generator at jacobs lake in arizona ran 9 hours on january ath and another new installation at the gap N M ran 6 hours and 20 minutes on january the snow survey issued by colorado A M colleg showing snow conditions as of february 1 showed snow cover on the san juan and animas rivers at a record high for this date on some snow courses water contents were as high as have been recorded at any previous date on april 1 or may I 1 the report said soil moist 1 ure conditions are excellent over the san juan basin stream flow is above normal with normal snow fall for the remain der of the season the summer flow of the san juan and its i tributaries tributa ries will ill be higher than I 1 for any year since snow surveys were started in 1936 the report also showed storage in the vallecito vallecita Valle cito reservoir was 24 acre feet acre feet above last years figure of 23 acre feet also released some of the cost officials of the corporation figures of their operations for last year these induced for coke and chemicals paid to generator op 1 orators era tors for telephone communications in sali 1 ary to field supervisors for depreciation on silver iodide generators and on automotive equipment used in the field this does not take into consideration any of the expendi expends continued on page 4 continued from page 1 tures for research or for meteor who worked on these ppe operations rations nor for the overhead in in the office a spokesman for the company said officials of the company also reiterated that results of the program to date although they were disappointing to residents of the area proved the effectiveness ti veness of the operation und under er nearly identical upper air moisture conditions the area received 44 more precipitation from march 13 to may 31 in 1951 than in 1950 from august I 1 to november 31 in 1951 the area received 82 or normal precipitation as against 55 in 1950 and again in this period the upper air moisture conditions were nearly identical officials of the corporation also admitted that some of the dissatisfaction with the program was due to lack of information disseminated to contributors weve discovered we cant rely on officers and directors of projects all of them busy men to make this information available and we have now set up the machinery to send individual reports to every contributor in the project they said this week they also revealed that research this winter has resulted in a new furnace for the silver iodide generators which is is several times more efficient than the old type and which will run from 5 to 7 hours with no attention and still burn bum at a constant temperature of 2500 degrees |