Application for Surface Water Rights for Recreational In-Channel Uses

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,. Upper Guilllison River Water Conservancy District Page 2 3. Leal ll4scription of Structures The; Course will bo located downstream of Highway 50, near the City of Gunnison within the channel of the Gunnison River in Sections 2 and 3, Township 49 North, Range 1 West of the Now Mexico Principal Meridian, County of Gunnison, State of Colorado. The Course will be made up of six structures (consisting of three dams and three offset deflector structures), each of which is designed to control, concentrate and direct the stream flow for the beneficial uses described below. The approximate iocations of the six structures which constitute the Course are as follows: (ru ure 1: A "V" dam located within the channel of the Gunnison River located North 2 degrees East, a distance of 880 feet - from the southwest corner of Section 2. Structure 2 : Offset deflectors located at points within the channel of the Gunnison River located North 5 degrees West, a distance of 610 feet from the southeast cornet of Section 3. t ucture 3: Offset deflectors located at points within the channel of the Gunnison River located North 20 degrees West, a distance of 470 feet from the southeast corner of Section 3. Structure 4 : Offset deflectors located at points within the channel ofthe Gunnison River located North 31 degrees West, a distance of 470 feet from the southeast corner of Section 3. Structure 5 : A "V" dam located within the channel of the Gunnison River located'North 50 degrees West, a distance oF510 feet from the southeast corner of Section 3, Structure 6: A "V" dam located within the channel of the Gunnison River located North 67 degrees West, a distance of 660 feet from the southeast corner of Section 3. The Course will extend approximately one - quarter mile within the chauinel of the Gunnison River. A reap depicting the location of the Course is attached as Exhibit A, and a design drawing of the Course is attached as Exhibit B. Both exhibits are incorporated herein by this reference. Although the precise location of the structures may, upon construction, be somewhat different from the locations described above, the structures will generally be distributed evenly through the stream reach described above. Provided that the locations of all the structures remain within the stream reach described above, any variation in structure location from the locations described herein will be simply described in the decree entered herein or, if such decree is entered before construction of any or all of the structures, in subsequent applications for diligence or applications to make absolute the water rights claimed herein, 4. , otu•ce: Gunnison River, tributary to the Colorado River. 6d WdZS :10 FOOZ OT - R ew M-8 617E &6: 'ON XUA Vn i a JMQ : W06J