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<br />[YJ <br /> <br />not testable because of the numerous large and closely spaced rocks. The Colorado <br />Department of Transportation (COOT) identifies a fill as "rock fill" and not "testable" <br />if 50 percent or more of the fill is 1/4 inch in size and larger. <br /> <br />When the forms are read several places will be found where we have a <br />question mark instead of the number of hours that the flood waters will consume to <br />rise and then fall against the levee. We have been advised that this number is <br />something less than 16 hours and have made preliminary calculations that tell us the <br />resistance of the embankment to seepage is excellent. In other words, when water <br />is against the embankment for less than 16 hours the water will not impair the <br />seepage stability of the embankment nor will significant quantities of water flow <br />through or under and then up to the ground surface on the landside of the <br />embankment. <br /> <br />We have prepared this collection of information and our preliminary opinions <br />for the April 3, 1997 meeting in which technical information about the adequacy of the <br />Deepe Farm Pit levee will be shown to those at the meeting. Please call with any <br />questions. <br /> <br /> <br />\ l <br /> <br />",; .f', <br /> <br />FJH:dd <br />(3 copies sen <br /> <br />. .'-.;1." <br /> <br />7 cc: Mr. Lesley H. Botham, PE <br />Vice President <br />Leonard Rice Consulting Water Engineers, Inc. <br />2401 15th Street, Suite 300 <br />Denver, Colorado 80202-1143 <br /> <br />MR. ED MCDOWELL <br />FLATIRON COMPANIES <br />CTur 25,385 <br /> <br />2 <br />