Re: Agenda Item 9, Board Meeting, Recreational Instream Flows, Policy Discussion

• Description: RICD
• State: CO
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 7/17/2000
• Author: Dan McAuliffe, Dan Merriman, Ted Kowalski, CWCB
• Title: Re: Agenda Item 9, Board Meeting, Recreational Instream Flows, Policy Discussion
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Board Memo

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of water previously controlled and applied to beneficial use by these structures. Golden seeks
additional conditional water rights for these structures during May and July to achieve the T "
optimum flows for the White Water Course during those months. Furthermore, Golden intends
to extend the length of its White Water Course with additional dam and flow deflector control
structures and seeks conditional water rights for those additional structures.
4. Name of Structures
A. Citv of Golden White Water Course The City of Golden White Water Course
consists of 8 separate dam structures and water deflector control devices with boat chutes that
concentrate and control the flows of Clear Creek for the beneficial uses claimed herein.
Although Golden seeks water rights for each of the eight structures, these separate structures are
collectively referred to herein as the City of Golden White Water Course (also referred to herein
as the "Course ") for ease of administration.
B. Citv of Golden White Water Course (Extension) Golden intends to extend the
length of the City of Golden White Water Course by constructing approximately 10 additional
dam structures, and water deflector control devices with boat chutes designed to concentrate and
control the flows of Clear Creek for the beneficial uses claimed herein. Although conditional
water rights are sought for each of these additional structures, they are collectively referred to as
the City of Golden White Water Course (Extension) (also referred to herein as the "Extension ")
for ease of administration.
5. Legal Description of Structures :=
A. Citv of Golden White Water Course The Course is located within the channel of
Clear Creek in the NW1 /4 of the NE 1/4 of Section 33, T. 3 S., R. 70 W. of the 6th P.M.,
Jefferson County, Colorado. The Course begins with a rock deflector device followed by 7
deflector dam structures, each which is designed to control, concentrate and direct the stream
flow for the beneficial uses described below. The locations of the 8 structures which constitute
the Course are as follows:
i. Structure 1 . A rock deflector located at a point within the channel of Clear
Creek where the NW comer of Section 33, T. 3 S., R. 70 W. bears N.
82'1 V5" W., a distance of approximately 2737 feet.
ii. Structure 2 . A dam located at a point within the channel of Clear Creek
where the NTW corner of Section 33, T. 3 S., R. 70 W. bears N. 82 °56'9"
W., a distance of approximately 2790 feet.
iii. Structure 3 . A deflector dam located at a point within the channel of Clear
Creek where the NW corner of Section 33, T. 3 S., R. 70 W. bears N.
84 °37'37" W., a distance of approximately 2843 feet.
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