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<br />, <br /> <br />GaGl <br /> <br />can create a safety hazard for swimmers and water skiers. Rooted <br /> <br />aquatics are limited to shallow areas where light can penetrate to <br /> <br />the bottom to allow growth fOllowing germination, i.e., the littoral <br /> <br />zone. Problems of this nature have been experienceu in reservoirs <br /> <br />that maintain a relatively constant water level. <br /> <br />Narrows Reservoir will fluctuate annually. Storage will occur in the <br /> <br />spring at the time of germination, with subsequent drawdown occurring <br /> <br />over the remainder of the growing season. Since rooted aquatics are <br /> <br />sessile, they will alternately be in deep water and/or later be exposed <br /> <br />to air. This is evident at nearby Jackson Lake, which receives waters <br /> <br />diverted from the South Platte River and contains similar soils in its <br /> <br />benthic zone. No excessive growths of either emergent or submergent <br /> <br />rooted aquatics have occurred because of water level fluctuations. <br /> <br />Areas with rooted aquatics would be propagated for waterfowl production. <br /> <br />These would be in the shallow upper end of the reservoir. <br /> <br />No boating <br /> <br />or swimming would be permitted in these areas. <br /> <br />Existing water quality data for the river reach included in the reservoir <br /> <br />area were retrieved from the STORE! file maintained by the Environmental <br /> <br />.> <br /> <br />Protection Agency (EPA). Review of these data .showed that bacterial <br /> <br />levels in that river reach were within the criteria required to permit <br /> <br />primary contact recreation. The only water quality standards that <br /> <br />differ under the present B2 classification and an A2 classification <br /> <br />8 <br /> <br />.:....... <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />........ <br /> <br />,-- <br />, <br /> <br />'--- <br /> <br />\ <br />r <br /> <br />. <br />, <br />~. <br />l <br />[- <br /> <br />I. <br />t <br />1: <br />i'. <br />d: <br /> <br />f. <br />~: . <br />t <br />b..a... <br /> <br />.-- <br /> <br />, <br />"-- <br />