BOARD00338

• Board Meeting Date: 1/23/2002
• Description: ISF Section - Pending Recreational In-Channel Diversion Applications
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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and the control structures. The Whitewater Park will be constructed in the Arkansas
River channel, beginning with the boat chute/fish ladder (Structure I) to be constructed
over the Power PLant Diversion. Seven other conttol structures (Structures 2 through 8)
will be located in the river between Structure 1 and the Union Street bridge. . The Power
Plant Diversion, the Union Street bridge, and the Moffat S.treet Chute (Structure 9) are
generally -located as follows:

Power Plant Diversion: (Structure 1): A water control structure located in
the Arkansas River channel in the SWI/4 of the NWI/4, Section 36, T. 20 S., R. 65 W.,
of the 6th P.M., at a point approximately 2,326 JeetSouth of the North Section line and
810 feet Easl of the West Section line of said Section 36.

, Union Street Bridge: The Union Street bridge crosses the Arkansas River
in Pueblo in the SEI/4 of the SWI/4, Section 36, T. 20 S:, R, 65 W.,ofthe 6th P.M., at
points approximately 968 feet North of the South Section line and 2,320 feet East of the
West Section line of said Section 36 ' ,

Moffat Street Chute (Structure 9): The Moffat Street Chute is a structure
in the Arkansas River channel 10t::ated in the SWI/4 of the NWI/4, Section 6,
T, 21. S, R. 64 W., of the 6th PM., at a point approximately 1,684 feet South of the
North Section line and 287 feet East of the West Section line of said Section 6.,

5. Source. The source of the water forthe Whitewater Park is the Arkansas River
in Pueblo County, Colorado.

6. Appropriation information:

A. Date of ini~iation of appropriation: December 1, 1982.

B. How appropriation was initiated: The appropriation was initiated by
formation of the requisite intent to appropriate coupled with actions manifesting such
an intent sufficient to put third parties on notice, including but not limited to the
retention of engineering services for the design and construction of the Moffat Street
Chute, 'Additional such actions include, but are not limited to, Applicant's acquisition
of lands or rights to use lands for the Legacy Project; authorization by the Pueblo City
Council of applications for grants and funding assistance for the Legacy Project;
preparation of reports, design drawings, and engineering work relating to construction
of the Whitewater Park; and authorization and appropriation offunds by the Pueblo
City Council for the preparation and filing of this application.

C. Date water applied to beneficial use: Not applicable.

7. Amount claimed: Applicant requests conditional water rights in cubic feet per
second ("cfs") at each of the Project's structures as follows: '

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