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<br />VI.2 <br /> <br />\ <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Water supply <br />Transportation of irrigation water <br />Transportation and dilution of sewage effluent <br />Providing cultural and recreational opportunities <br />Mineral resources <br />Water exchanges <br />Cooling water for industry <br />Wildlife habitat <br /> <br /> <br />--- <br /> <br />. <br />"" <br /> <br />Other uses of the corridor include: <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />FloOd hydrology and low flow hydrology <br />lfyt1raul ic characteri~t ics of channel <br />Flood problems <br />Water rights <br />Water quality <br />~ineral resources <br />GeomorpholO<)yandsedimentation <br />Groundwater <br />Parks, recreation, and boating needs <br />River flow control <br />Sewage effluent discharges <br />Acstheticsandappearance <br />Wildlifeanrlaquatic life <br /> <br /> <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />Many special issues needed conSideration as part of thisrnaster phnning <br />effort to achieve the stated goal. These include; <br /> <br />) <br />, <br /> <br />The South Platte River Master PIM '01111 provide information to help under- <br />sldnrl lhe probl"'Plsof tile rive'" dl>d to assist inlllaoaging a..,dooeratlng the <br />South Platte River from Chatfield Reservoir to Brighton at Baseline Road. <br /> <br />MULTI-USE IMPROVEMENTS. A f)ri'"M"y ':Ioai of thi5 drainaoe master plan <br />is to provide for the optimiution of the many usl'~ of the South <br />Platte Riv<:,r corri<ior. !)r:e enmple of this process is the develop. <br />mentof In aesthetic J1lenity for the com:TlIlO1ty Jt the confiuence ot <br />Cherry Creek with the South Platte River while providing an increased <br />level of erosion protection through the use of buried concrete and <br />rubble" In this way, the goals of erosion reshtent flood control <br />and recreat ional and aesthet ic benef it s are both real i ~ed. <br />