COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD 215 State Services Building 1525 Sherman Street Denver, Colorado 80203 September 5, 1963 M E M O R A N D U M TO: Members: Colorado Water Conservation Board and Colorado Water Investigation Commission. FROM: Felix L. Sparks, Director. SUBJECT: Board Consultant re Ruedi Reservoir Geologic Investi­ gation. It has been difficult for the staff of this Board to interpret the volume of conflicting opinions and data which has to date been advanced in connection with the geologic investiga- tion of the Ruedi Reservoir site. Engineering geology is a highly specialized field and we have no one on this staff who can qualify as such a specialist. However, we find ourselves caught in a cross­ fire of diametrically opposed opinions as to the geologic suitabi.lity of the reservoir site. In order that we may have the benefLt of an independent and highly skilled engineering geologist, we have re­ tained Mr. Eugene B. Waggoner of the consulting firm of Woodward­ Clyde-Sherard and Associates for this purpose. Mr. Waggoner will r~view all of the work which has pre­ viously been done by both the- geologists of the United States Bureau of Reclamation and the Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists. He is a member of the Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists and a member of the National Society of Professional Engineers. Although he will not be a member of the board recently appointed by the Secre-­ tary of the Interior, he will participate in the geologic investiga­ tions conducted by that board. He will remain in constant consulta­ tion with our staff and at a later Board meeting will render his opinion to the Board as to the suitability of the reservoir site, together with his interpretation of the thoroughness of the geologic investigations which have heretofore or may hereafter be conducted. Woodward-Clyde-Sherard and Associates is a national firm organized for the prime function of providing consultation which will result in economy and security for structures of all kinds which are founded on soils or are constructed of soils. The firm has offices in Omaha, Oakland, Philadelphia, Kansas City, St. Louis, San Diego, New York, Montclair, N. J., and Denver. Mr. Waggoner is Vice-President of the firm and is co-manager of the activities of the Denver office . He primarily directs the engineering geology and ground water consulting activities of the Denver office. He has had extensive experience in major engineering projects, including dams, powerplants, canals, and missile sites. This work has been in all parts of the United States as well as in Lebanon, Pakistan, Thailand, and Venezuela. He served as a special consultant on the St. Lawrence Seaway Project. He has been a con­ sulting engineering geologist either in design, construction or repairs for numerous dams and reservoirs throughout the western United States. A partial list of structures or projects for which Mr. Waggoner has performed engineering-geologic services is attached hereto. FLS:lk Enclosure Memo -2- September 5, 1963 REPRESENTATIVE LIST OF EXPERIENCE ON MAJOR ENGINEERING PROJECTS PROJECT CLIENT Mountain Sheep Damsite - Snake Bechtel Corporation River, Idaho, Design Investigations St. Lawrence Seaway (Morrison-Knudsen,Inc. Consultation - Construction (Walsh Construction Problems (Peter Kiewit & Sons (Perini Construction Flaming Gorge Dam - Utah Peter Kiewit & Sons Pre-Bid Geologic Investigations Yellowtail Dam - Montana Peter Kiewit & Sons Pre-Bid Geologic Investigations Navajo Dam - New Mexico Morrison-Knudsen,Inc. Consultation Construction Problems Range Creek Dam - Geneva Steel; Templeton & Linke, Kaiser Steel. Engineers Site Selection - Design Investigations - Construction Cabin Creek Dam - City of Englewood, Colorado. Woodward-Clyde-Sherard Design Investigations & Associates, Engineers Silver Lake Dam - City of Boulder, Colorado II " II Design Investigations Dillon Dam - Denver Water Board II " Design Investigations North Catamount Dam - City of Colorado Springs, .. " II Design Investigations Dad Clark Dam - City of Englewood, Colorado Wheeler & Wright, Design Investigations. Engineers. Glen Canyon Dam - Colorado River U. s. Bureau of Arizona Reclamation Site Selection and Design Investigation 1 PROJECT CLIENT Coconino Damsite - Little Colorado River, U.S. Bureau of Arizona. Reclamation Design Investigations. Davis Dam .. .. II Design Investigations and Construction Tecolote Tunnel II .. " Design Investigations and Construction San Diego Aqueduct Tunnels II .. .. Construction Phase Titan & Atlas Missile Launching Sites, Holmes & Narver, Rocky Mountain Area Engineers Site Selection and Investigations Titan & Atlas Missile Launching Sites u. s. Corps of Engrs. Construction Phase U.S. Air Force Academy Skidmore-Owings & Construction Phase Merrill, Architect­ Engineers Bhumiphol Dam and Power Plant, Thailand, Engineering Con­ Site Selection-Design Construction sultants, Inc. Litani River Hydro-Electric and Irrigation u. S. Bureau of Project - Lebanon Reclamation Site Selection and Design Investigations Lagart.ijo Dam OTEHA, Venezuela Construction Phase Lavanderos Dikes OTEHA, Venezuela Construction Phase La Pareza Damsite OTEHA, Venezuela Site Selection La Guarita Damsite OTEHA, Venezuela Site Selection Cariaco Damsite OTEHA, Venezuela Site Investigations 2 .. PROJECT CLIENT Quebrada Seca Dam OTEHA, Venezuela Seepage Investigation West Pakistan Drainage & Salinity Project, Tipton & Kalmbach, Tubewell Drainage Project Engineers Kremasta Damsite, Greece Engineering Con­ Pre-Design Investigations sultants, Inc. Minot, North Dakota, Minuteman Missile Morrison-Knudsen Sites (165) Company, Inc. Pre-Bid Analysis of Subsurface Construction Problems Sedalia, Missouri, Minuteman Missile Morrison-Hardeman­ Sites (165) Perini-Leavell Pre-Bid Analysis of Subsurface Construction Problems - (Geologic) Construction Phase Consultation Cheyenne, Wyoming, Minuteman Missile Site (220) Pre-Bid Analysis of Subsurface Construction Conditions (Geologic) Construction Phase Geologic Consultation Wadi El Hameli Dam Site, Yemen Tudor Engineering Dam Site, Inv~stigation and Company Feasibility Study. High arch Dam Illorin Damsite, Nigeria Stanley Engineering · Damsite investigation and Co. Nigeria feasibility study large earth dam Gus au ..D.amsi te Stanley Engineering Damsite investigation and Co. Nigeria feasibility study large earth dam 3 Copied: CWCB/lk 9/5/63 .