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. . 83 <br />. <br /> . <br />j . <br />.. . . <br />A. By changing the depth of.flow,. the direction of.flow, and <br /> <br />? 2. ? the velocity of flow.as the B1ue.River passes through each of the <br /> 3 structures. . . . . <br /> 4 ...Q Do you have knowledge of the Blue River.prior t.o the <br /> 5 construction of the Breckenridge Whitewater Park4 . i <br /> <br />6 ? <br />. A . Yes, I do. <br /> Q And what -- in what manner did you come to be familiar with <br />. 8 the Blue River? ` <br /> 9 A _ We11, just___thro.ugh .physical observation,..starting An my.. <br />.: 10. ,. youth, which was some. time ago.. The original channel, as_I,recall:it, <br /> 11_. prior to the city's channel rectification.project was almost <br /> 12 indiscernible in some.areas, simply because of the placer- mining. <br /> 13 Prior to the construction of the Whitewater Course, the city embarked. ? <br />? 14 upon a channel restozation project, I believe as part of some four-oh- <br /> 15 four obligations that they.had incurred,.•but the channel before the se <br /> i6 structures were built was basically a linear channel flowing on a <br /> 17: single gradient through the town of Breckenridge, . <br /> ]g . Q In your opiniori, is the claim to water right for the <br />. 19 Brec.kenridge Course.and in stream flow.? <br /> 20 A.. No, not at all. <br /> 21 Q Why not? .. . ' . <br /> 22 A In stream flow, in my opinion;.as it's.set out in the <br /> 23. statute.authorizing."the Water Conservation Board to seek such rights <br /> 24 i.s, first of all, not decreed.to a particular diversion point or <br /> 25 structure, but simply is decreed throughout a reach of stream or, in <br />? 26 soine instances, to a natural lake. It requizes.no diversion or