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Higher Flows <br />The primary purpose of the Whitewater Park is to provide a whitewater recreation <br />experience for kayaks and other whitewater craft. The high flow rate for which the <br />Whitewater Park was designed was based on basic hydraulic formulas coupled with a <br />working knowledge of this segment of the Gunnison River and its characteristics. <br />Water at this flow rate will be controlled and diverted throughout the Whitewater Park <br />and will not be wasted. The waveforms, hydraulics, eddies, and holes become powerful <br />and are conducive to play- boating, slalom boating, and squirt boating. The structures <br />that will create these features are hydraulically and structurally sound, with anchors into <br />the bed and banks of the river with large stone and concrete. <br />Figure 10. A structure on the Yampa River of similar design to the Gunnison U- structures <br />shown at higher flows <br />16 <br />