Cloud seeding is increasingly popular in southwestern Colorado as a way of making snow as it’s becoming more accurate and less of a gamble thanks to research and weather data collection. The Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) has agreements with water providers and states throughout the Colorado River Basin, including the Southern Nevada Water Authority, Central Arizona Water Conservation District, the California Six Agency Committee, and the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission. Cloud seeding has proven useful in providing an increase in snowfall for ski resorts and in providing additional runoff flows in the spring, and many businesses, water providers and state governments are financially betting on it, but there’s no guaranty of success.