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<br />thl! area. The Denver-Arapanoe-Daw,on Formdtion and thl! lar~il! Fox Hills
<br />FOr'lllation provide a source of groundwater in the Clear Cre\!k stiKly Med_
<br />Ground..ater is a major source utiliz\!d by Adolph Coors Industril!S_
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<br />TUCker GulCh. Tucker GulCh, at 4.39 s~uare mil es. \S the I drgest trioutdry
<br />in the Upper Clear Creek ,tudy ared_ It lOnters C1Nr CreeK from the north
<br />approximately 350 feet do..nHre..-n of Ford Street. Tucker GulCh is an ex-
<br />trW1\!lysteepcanyon type,treilfl..lth an overage Channel slope of 5 percent.
<br />As discussed in Section n, a flaSh flood ..vent occurred in July 1965 wn1ch
<br />caused an estimated $112,000 of d<l'lIag..s in Golden. Obviously, flood difl1dge
<br />potential from simildr or larger events is extremely high_ No ll1aster
<br />drainage planning to date nas been done on TuCker Gulth. Itnasbeengiven
<br />high priority by th.. UO & FCO for major draindge..ay pldnning during 1902.
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<br />Clear Creek Tributaries
<br />Severdl tributdries to Cledr Creek have their coMluences within the Cledr
<br />Creek ,tudy dr\!d. Th\!se ar e Ch imney Gu I c h, [Ie ad;nan Gu I ch, Kenneys Cr eek ~nd
<br />Tuc~er Gulch.
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<br />CMimn~y Gulch_ Chimney GulCh i ~ sma] I south bank tr Ibutary whiCh enter~
<br />Cl ear Creek dpprox imately 700 f\!et do..n~treiiTI of U. S. 6. The prlnc ipal
<br />source is Ldriat Spring on Lookout t-IJuntdin. ,ince the drdinage ba,in is
<br />only 440 acres or 0.7 squdremiles. Theba,ln isundev..loped, lar\lelydue
<br />to its steep topography. NO major drdindgewdypldnning hdsbeen done for
<br />Chimney Gu]ch_
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<br />"'ATERQUALlTY
<br />Cledr Creek flaws depend primdrlly on snaOlllelt. stored in tne mountdins,
<br />east of the Continental Divide_ Between its head..aters and tne dher~ion to
<br />the Croke and Farmer', Highline Cdnals, CleM CreeK receive, treated sewage
<br />dhcharges fromanLlTlber afcommunitleSdnd industries, storm..aterrunaff,
<br />leachate from mine tdilin\lS, and Meavy mt!tal conta;llinated flow,> from old
<br />mine~. Altl'loClgh the streiMll M, same capacity to d:;,imildte the~e pollutant
<br />I oddS, tn\ s cdpaclty is s ignifiCdntly r\!duc..d dur ill~ p~r iod,> of low flows
<br />alld col d temper ature~. Tr"dted sewage eff I uent disC harges ar" re I at i vel)'
<br />cOllstan t ill compar i son to ,treC11 f I ow v ~r i at i0n,. Hence, dur ing the law
<br />tl{)w r~riod" b"tWf'en ~v"""ber and Mdrch. lrtldled se..dQe efflu"nt Cdn com-
<br />prise a significant portion of the streom flow In CI\!ar CreeK (Refer ences37
<br />dnd41).
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<br />Deadman Gulch_ Deadmdn Gulch is a 2_78 square mile tributary to Kenneys
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<br />CreeK. It combines with Kenney's Creek 1n the soutM~st areaoftMe City of
<br />Go Iden _ D~velOIJll"llt in the floodpl <l in hd~ occurred ill th~ lower Ilort ion of
<br />tn" bdsin in Go I den. TMe upper bdS i n area is compri~ed of LoaKOut i"ounta in,
<br /><lnd se~eral "dter ,upply ~tordge r\!,ervoirs "r~ ,it~"ted in th1> "r~~_ N~
<br />m'lJor o1r"in;J9"iO".J' 91 ann in\! nas been done for D~;ldm"n Gulch_
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<br />Kenney> Creek. Kenneys Creek enter, Cledr Creek along tMe south bdnk ju,t
<br />downstre.:J;l of tM Farmer~ Highl1ne Dam and dpproximately 60J feet do'~n,tre,,"
<br />Of ford Street. This basin, iOhich is 3.1S square miles in area, has been
<br />neavlly developed 1n the Ci ty of Go Iden. The cree~ flow, in an und\!rground
<br />conduit for tne I ast ,e~erdl Mundred feet to CI ear Creek. Upper bdSlll de.
<br />velolJllent IS le,~ 1Iltens~_ flooo oil'lldge ~te"ti"i for Keli""y~ c..,,"~ th"O~':l~'
<br />Go I den I ~ high, due to enc ro aclmen t in the f I oodpl a I n dnd tne 1 im i led c apd-
<br />city of the under. ground conduit. tIQ major drdinage\Oay planning has been
<br />done far Kenneys CreeK. and it hd> been schedyled for ,ludyduring 19d2by
<br />~he un & FeD.
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<br />The Federal Water Po]lytion Control Act Amendments of 197L, PublIC La..
<br />92-500, Identifies dO<l1lberot planning progrdiTl, which should De initidted
<br />at v ar ious ) ev e 15 of gover nmt:nt to beg i n tne proce~s of water qua I ; ty im-
<br />prov<o'ffient. In order to ffidX im lIe et t Ie lent ut III Zdt Ion of re,our~e,. Sec ~ io"
<br />208 of tne Act estdb I iSned dn ..rea",ide ap~rOdch to pi annlng for tn\! aDllte-
<br />mentof....terpollution.
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<br />The Denv~r Regiolial Cauncil (If Goverm>~nb (DRCOG), because of Its regional
<br />perspective, wa, design..ted dS the "Area..lde 1rI..>te Treat.'11ent ?ldnning
<br />Agenc/, DRCOGde'leiaped.. "Cledn "'dter Pion" tamed the gOdl> of P.L.
<br />"2-500. wnich included Clear CreeK a~ part of thH plan. The "Cleat\ W..ter
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