FIELD REPORT · THE LEDGER
08
How much water are we talking about?
143M
GALLONS · PROVEN
Radar-validated precipitation from prior operations, the first instrument-proven manmade water on record.
60k+
ACRE-FEET · MIDSEASON
Added snowpack reported by midwinter of the Bear River pilot, ahead of expectations, pending full NCAR accounting.
82
SEEDING SIGNATURES
Unambiguous radar phase-change events tied to operations, each one a falsifiable receipt in the sky.
10.5B
ACRE-FEET · ATMOSPHERIC
Water passing through the atmosphere, roughly three times what all of humanity uses in a year.
+20%
SEASONAL UPLIFT · WMO
The World Meteorological Organization cites seasonal precipitation increases of up to 20 percent from well-run winter programs.
Every operation ends with a number instead of an opinion. Target. Seed. Validate.
SEASON ONE · CACHE VALLEY 2024–25
January 27 – April 30, 2025
Before the interstate scale-up, the proof of concept flew here: a first certified season over Cache Valley.
10
ELIJAH UAVs CERTIFIED
14
SEEDING MISSIONS
80+
FLIGHT HOURS
8,637 g
SILVER IODIDE RELEASED
SOURCE · Cache Valley UAV Seasonal Report 2024–2025, flown with Utah State University and North American Weather Consultants (NAWC).
WHERE THE WATER GOES
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Aquifer recharge, snowmelt percolates into groundwater banks drawn down by decades of deficit.
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Agriculture, irrigation season starts with fuller reservoirs and later curtailments.
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Wildfire risk, wetter ground and greener fuels shorten the burn window.
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Ecosystems, the Great Salt Lake’s largest tributary carries more of what the lake actually needs.
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Utilities & food security, hydropower, municipal supply, and the price of produce all sit downstream of snowpack.
Why validation is the breakthrough: weather radar now watches the phase change happen inside seeded clouds, vapor becoming ice becoming snowfall, with NCAR running the independent audit. For the first time in seventy years of weather modification, buyers of water can see exactly what they paid for. That single fact converts cloud seeding from folklore into infrastructure.
AN ACRE-FOOT IS A FAMILY’S WATER FOR A YEAR. THIS IS THE UNIT THE CREW COUNTS IN.