Whitewater Center: Goal is to be rafting in ‘weeks’; center closed last month following teen’s death

The U.S. National Whitewater Center continues to work with water-quality experts, aquatic design and engineering firms to bring its whitewater operations back online. The outdoor recreation center voluntarily closed its whitewater channel on June 24 after an Ohio teen’s death from a brain-eating amoeba was linked to the Charlotte facility. “Our goal is to be rafting again in a matter of weeks,” the center wrote in a recent update for visitors. No further details were available. The USNWC…

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