rial and labor costs is necessary. Because of the small material requirements, it is necessary to apply the solid suppressant as a dilute water suspension, and the dispensers must be close together to maintain a continuous cover.If the dispensers are placed too far apart, waves submerge the film and the cover is lost at higher wind speeds when mass transfer is accelerated and the protection is most needed. The ability to maintain a film coverage at wind speeds as high at 27 miles per hour has been demonstrated in wind-tunnel tests, but above 9 miles per hour the rate of addition must be increased as the square of the wind speed to suppress the formation of waves which would submerge the film. The film is unable to resist wind displacement and is removed at a rate of 1/31 of the wind speed.A prototype wind-regulated system has been operated on a small lake with good results. Further developmental work is needed, however, to perfect wind-operated valves controlling flow of the film-forming suspension to dispensers on the windward shore. Continued operation of a prototype is needed to establish optimal location of the dispensers for maintenance of a continuous cover under severe wind conditions. Field operations will be helpful for determining methods that will decrease evaporation losses and reduce labor charges, which are the largest cost item.