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<br />000582 <br /> <br />Summary Of Selected Technical ReQuirements For Artificial Whitewater Courses <br /> <br />The following technical requirements are typically accepted technical requirements used <br />in evaluation and design of Artificial Whitewater Courses: <br /> <br />. Hydraulic Drop (Head): Minimum head for an international level site is 3.5 m (11.5 <br />ft.). A head of just 1.5 m (5 ft.) is adequate for Cl site of "locClI merit." <br />. DischClrge: A reClSonable flow for an international quality site is 10 m3/sec. (350 <br />cfs). Flow Clt 2 m3/sec. (70 cfs) is CldequClte for Cl site of local merit. There is Cl <br />relCltionship between dischClrge and the amount of fall aVClilClble at a site. <br />. Water velocity: An averClge velocity of 2m/sec (6.6 ft./sec) is recommended. <br />. WClter depth: 0.15m (6") is minimum depth needed to float a boot, but in order to <br />take paddle strokes, 0.5m (20") depth is needed. To safely perform Cln Eskimo <br />roll, 0.8 to 1.0 m (3 to 3.3 ft.) is required. <br />. Minimum Clverage width recommended is 5 m (16.5 ft.). This allows cl 2-person <br />cClnoe to sClfely turn sidewCl)ls. The minimum pClSsClbIe width of 1.2 m (4 ft.) is <br />possible provided that it is Cllocal constriction only and not consistent for the <br />entire course. Debris and sClfety issues mCl)l preclude a narrow width of 4ft. from <br />being realistic. The generClI mClXimum width CIS recommended by the CWCB should <br />use the streamflow CIS efficiently as possible. <br />. Minimum length is 400m (1310 ft.) for international whitewater slCllom rClces. A <br />minimum course length of 240m (790 ft.) is recommended for most other courses. <br /> <br />The minimum head of 3.5 m (11.5 ft.) is driven by the need to provide reasonable rClpids <br />throughout the length of a whitewater slCllom event. A high quality plCl)l boat and rodeo <br />competition site can be creClted with significantly less head provided thClt there is <br />available discharge in the range clS recommended CIS the RICD Flow Rate. At the time of <br />this report, international whitewClter rodeo criteriCl did not exist; hence specific <br />guidance or requirements were not aVClilClble. <br /> <br />8 <br />