BOARD01326

• Board Meeting Date: 12/13/1967
• Description: Agenda or Table of Contents, Minutes, Memos
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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MR. OWENS:

MR. STAPLETON:

MR. OWENS:

MR. SPARKS:

MR. OWENS:

MR. SPARKS:

MR. OWENS:

MR. SPARKS:

"I haven't given it any extended research
I'll admit."

"Mr. Chairman."

"Mr.. Owens.. II

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"I have a question that has been pased to
me by many interests. specifically bel'Ow the
City of Denver. They want to know the capacity
of the channel in the fl'Oad plain and I have
been telling them that in the 'Original. as far
as I can remember. it was 7500 cubic feet per
secand. Is that carrect. Larry?"

"Bel'Ow Denver?"

"Thraugh Denver and bel'Ow the reservoir."

"It's abeut that. We say it is 5.000 'Or
better. The Chatfield praject is designed for
the release 'Of 5.000 cubic feet per secand and
that's the figure that we are really c'Oncerned
with. The channel from Denver city limits on
down is adequate t'O handle 5.000 'Or mare."

"The question that has been p'Osed is whether
'Or nat the flo'Od channel thr'Ough Denver and
immediately belaw the reserv'Oir. in that seven
mile reach. will be sufficient t'O satisfy the
requirements far water. I w'Ould say that it
is appr'Oximately 7.000 second feet. If we have
supp'Orting water fr'Om tributaries entering the
Platte River bel'Ow Chatfield. it is not necessary.
'Of course. to release 7.000 feet from Chatfield."

"Yeu knaw. Ralph. we studied this pretty
carefully. This is a flood release only that
we are talking about. When the flaed c'Ontr'Ol
space 'Of Chatfield is invaded there would be
a release 'Of 5.000 secend feet. assuming that
channel c'Onditi'Ons below were safe. Obvi'Ously
if there were a lat 'Of tributary inflaw coming
in bel'Ow. we wauld not release 5.000 sec'Ond
feet. These are fl'Ood canditions. It is

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