Rain Enhancement Technologies Receives Colorado Permit for Upper Yampa Precipitation Enhancement Project
Key Highlights
- ➤Colorado approved RET’s one-year Upper Yampa precipitation-enhancement project permit
- ➤Installation begins this month on Colorado Parks and Wildlife land
- ➤Project targets up to 192,000 acres around Yamcolo Reservoir’s drainage basin
- ➤RET’s second Colorado program expands its permitted weather-modification footprint
- ➤Utah analysis estimated over 20% snow-water-equivalent enhancement in 2025-26
Expert Statements
Randy Seidl, CEO of Rain Enhancement Technologies
“Receiving our permit is the milestone that turns this pilot from a plan into an operation”
Randy Seidl, CEO of Rain Enhancement Technologies
“Our team is ready to begin installation in the Flat Tops in the coming weeks, and we're grateful to the CWCB, the Upper Yampa Water Conservancy District, Colorado Parks and Wildlife and the Colorado River District for their support throughout the process.”
Randy Seidl, CEO of Rain Enhancement Technologies
“A second permitted program in Colorado is an important step in showing water managers across the West what the WETA can deliver.”
Andrew Rickert, Program Manager for the CWCB's Weather Modification Program
“Issuing this permit completes the state's review of the Upper Yampa project, including a public hearing that gave local communities and agencies the opportunity to weigh in”
Andrew Rickert, Program Manager for the CWCB's Weather Modification Program
“We look forward to seeing operations get underway this winter and to evaluating the results alongside Colorado's other permitted programs.”
Andy Rossi, General Manager of the Upper Yampa Water Conservancy District
“At the Upper Yampa District, we're really trying to enhance the water supply for our reservoirs, and for the headwaters and snowpack that drive the whole upper end of the system”
Andy Rossi, General Manager of the Upper Yampa Water Conservancy District
“This is an excellent opportunity for us to try one of the new technologies out there in response to drought, and over the next year we'll be tracking whether it has a quantifiable positive impact on both rain and snow.”
NAPLES, FL / ACCESS Newswire / November 3, 2026 / Rain Enhancement Technologies Holdco, Inc. (NASDAQ:RAIN) ("RET" or the "Company"), a leading provider of ionization rain and snowfall generation technology, today announced that the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) has issued a permit for the Company's weather enhancement project targeting Colorado's Upper Yampa River Basin. The permit follows an October 14, 2026 public hearing at which no objections were raised, and authorizes RET to install and operate the WETA (Weather Enhancement Technology Array) for one year, with installation to begin this month. The Upper Yampa project becomes the ninth permitted weather modification program in Colorado, according to the CWCB, and RET's second in the state, joining its program in Weld County.
The WETA will be installed on Colorado Parks and Wildlife land in the Flat Tops area of Northwest Colorado, positioned so that prevailing winds carry its effect east into the project's target area, the drainage basin of the Yamcolo Reservoir. The reservoir is one of the Upper Yampa Water Conservancy District's primary water supply facilities, and the project's area of expected impact covers up to 192,000 acres. The ground-based, solar-powered system uses no chemicals or aircraft and can operate year-round, enhancing snowpack in winter and rainfall from spring through fall.
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