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:OM ' RECREAT I ON ENG I h1EE2I NG FAX N0. : 3635455883 <br />--.?? : • ? . - ?Qug. 26 2002 01:08PM Pl <br />. . • ' ? , ' •• • . , •' • <br />Recreatian Engineer-ing &Plca n ning <br />485 Arqpaboe Avenue <br />6ou td¢r, Co(orado 8 0 3 o L <br />f 303> •54 5-5 8 83 Phond/ Fax <br />August 26, 2002 <br />Cyrithia Coveli, <br />2350 Colorado State Bank Building <br />1600 Braadway <br />I?enver, CO $0202-4920 <br />1)ear'Ms. Covell: <br />A.s you requested, the fbllowiag is my report responding to somc of the issues miseii ia the <br />"prebearmg Statemant of Staff of Colorddo 'QVatcr Conservation Baard sabmitted to the Colotado <br />Water Consarvation Baard ("CWCB') tegarding the AppliGationt for a Rccreational In-Chantol <br />Divcrsion (`J2ICD'I w2tter right filed by the jJpper Gwnmsou itivcr 'QVatcr Canservancy 17istict. <br />As the desigwr ofthis plamiecl Whitewater Park and an,avid lifo-long kayaker, this report <br />responds to thase issues pertinent to xny professional and pcrscinaL experience. . <br />in preparing this. repart, r reviewed -the Prahearing Statement submitted by the Colorado CWCB - <br />Stal Although this report addresse.s some of the issues, it does nof repxesent a comp[eLe ' <br />respottse 1,o all issues raased, sarne of whioh I may acldress at the Septem,ber 10,2042 bearing <br />be£ore the C'WCB. • • ' <br />IB. The, structures are designcd so tbat at the flaws requested, all of the water.is coirtiolled to cresxe <br />the rccreational whTtewe#er fcatures. Tha strna.etures protzude mcto thc stmam chmmel and <br />concentrate the flow irto either the Iaw flow channel ar. the high flow channel, increa,jing velocity <br />and c.?reating certain wave-forms that ace carnlucive to whifcwaXer boating. There is also no <br />we.'ste. Thc entire ampunt of the bigh flow diversions will be put to beneficial use and it is those <br />}righ now diversioas ftt create a dfferent overa]t recreatianal experiencE. Iu tYiy experrieence $s <br />at? expert kayaker, and ia my experience at other courses through out Cdlorado it'is those high <br />flows that will attract the most boaters. At flows up ta the mwcimwm amoimt requested, or more, <br />the higber flows wM be put to greater u.se. •' <br />The Fozt Golim,s, boat cliute wiii tiever create as good a xecreationat gmenity as finumd 'm Gtmm.SOn <br />and will nat attract as tnany boaters. However, the s?'ructures.are'similar.in hydra,ulic principles as. <br />they ac,?t to cvncentrate flows tbrough a boat chute or channel budlt into. the strvctiue. The same <br />priacigles appty fDr the low flow and high flow channels, the width being the prime variable. <br />iauoaza <br />EXHIBir <br />_E <br />-