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<br />IX-4 <br /> <br />Trdvel Time <br />A reled,;e of \oIater from Chatfield Reservoir must c()mme~ce at ledst tv;elve <br />hours prior to a sche.:!uled '~ater evel'lt at ConfllJence Park. The travel Ume <br />of the water I, estirndted to be lOto 12 hours. Travel times to other <br />locations are depe~de~t upo~ their di stances ~ownstredlTI frO"1 Chdtfield <br />Reservoir. Therefore,1fdboatinqeventistoCOn'!rl'lenceatConf1uencePark <br /><It 9:00 a.",. on a particular day, the 'late at Chdtfield Reservoir must tie <br />opened by at least 9:00 p.m. the previous ddY. <br /> <br />(1) TheLittleton/Englewoo<:lSewd'leTreatmentPldnt <br />(2) Gdtes Rubber Compdny <br />(3) Publ ic Service ComPd~y <br />(4) The Denver Metropolitdn Sewdge Disposal P1al'lt <br />(5) Tne South Arldi'lS Courlty$ewage Treatment Plant <br />(6) The Briqhton CHy Sewage Treatment Plarlt <br /> <br />I<IATERQUALlTY <br />South Platte River water qualitychdl'lges sigl'lificdrltlyin the studyredch <br />from Chatfield Reservoir to Brighton; such chdnges are attributable to <br />point and nonpoint source pollution from the Denver Metropolitan area. <br />From Chatfield Reservoir to dpproximately Bowles Avenue, South Platte River <br />water qua ~ i t Y i s 9 ener a 11 y 9 000 . The r j ~ er has moder a te to hi g h co nt en tr d- <br />tions of di $Solved o~ygen, appropri ate concel'ltrdt ions of l'Iutrients, low <br />cOl'lcentrdtions of metal and other pOl1utd!ltS and maintdins a good fishery <br />dndoverall aquatichabitdt. <br /> <br />RF.CREATION AND OPEN SPACE (See Vol ~me II for detail) <br />The So~th PI atte River and its tributaries are importarlt natural resources <br />il'l the Denver Metroool i tal'l dred. ~ost of the regio~' s popul~t ion lives <br />within \oIa1king distance of these WdterWays, makirlg them key links from <br />neighborhoods to a metro.wide recreatiol'l and tr~nsportdtion system. <br /> <br />D€nver's Greenway from Bates Aver\ue to F~al'lkl in Street features a ten-mile <br />hike/bike/mail'ltenance trail and ovm- 400 dc~es of open space containing <br />formal pdrks, picnic grounds, wildlife aredS, boat chutes and cOl'lcert <br />si tes. f:onfllJel'lce Park, at 15th Street and Cher~v Creek, a~nua11y serves <br />host to '11any f'Vents. Nf'arby Gdtes-Crescel'lt Park, former I y a city mal~tel'l- <br />anr.eyard, is now the home of the new t1million Children'S MuselJ'11 Of 9f>n- <br /> <br />Below Bowles Avetlue, arid e~tend Ing to 'lrighton, however, '~ater qual ity <br />degrades as dissolved oXY<lenCOncentrationSdecrease, whileconr.entrations <br />of nutrients, metals, fecdl coliform, organic and inorgdnic pollutdnts, dnd <br />other su"'st~l'Ices associ ated with stormwater runoff, 1 andfill leachdte and <br />~ewdge eff1uel'lt increase. <br /> <br />ver. <br /> <br />The Colorado Water Quality Control Commis<;ion has establiShed Cldssifica- <br />t ions al'ld l'Iumeric standards for the SDuth Platte River and associ ate.:! trib~ <br />utaries. <br /> <br />The City of littleton, working with the South Suburban Metrooolitan R ecred- <br />tionand ParkDistrict,hdsbeel'lsucce$Sful in acquiring 540 acres of river <br />propertythdt is known dS South PlattePdrk. Littleton hdsa150credted a <br />,pecidl riverfront authority to aid in the development of quality cammer. <br />cia 1 and bu~ i ne~s dreas nedr 30wI e, A~enu". <br /> <br />The principal point sources of ~lrect diSCharges lnto the South ~I atte <br />River between Chatfield Reservoi~ arl<1 Brighton incl <Ide: <br /> <br />MiI'lls County;s COl'Istruct;ng hiqh-quality recreational fdcilities by inno_ <br />vJtivefunding and i:nplementatiol'lmethlXls. The,1,dJ:lisCountyGreenwdycur- <br />r~ntl.v inrllJr1~~ ~ tr~;l ~y~l~m "rrm RI'nr11'~v~"~ P~rk, ~I thl' rMfl""nr" nf <br />the South PI ~tte River ~nd Clear Creek, to Steele St~eet Park. <br />