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20 0035 A feasibility investigation of the possibility of irrigating a portion of this area was undertaken by the Bureau of Reclamation in 1956. The plan studied envisioned pumping from ground water under- lying the Arkansas River Valley between the towns of Charleston and Howell, Kansas, and relifting the water to the uplands about midway in the well field, near Ingalls. 1ls the investigation progressed it became evident that the costs of developing the well field and the operating cost of pumping would render the project infeasible under present conditions. The findings of the investigation were presented in a "Status Report-Ingalls Pumping Project, Kansas" dated October 1951. With conservation and regulatory storage in the Syracuse Reser- voir it would be feasible to release irrigation water to serve 12,000 to 15,000 acres in the Ingalls Project area. Reservoir releases could be rediverted from the river to serve the prospective area by gravi ty from a heading near Pierceville or by pumping through a plant on the river near Ingalls. The latter plan would permit some use of ground water to augment the reservoir supply. See exhibit 4. Windhorst area In eastern Ford County in the Coon Creek drainage near Wind- horst, Kansas is an upland terrace area comprising some 30 to 40 thousand acres of farm land. Although no land classification is available, it appears from a field inspection, that at least 12,000 to 15,000 acres of potentially arable land could be found. An irri- gation supply for the irrigable land could be released from Syracuse Reservoir and rediverted from the Arkansas River about eight miles downstream from Dodge City. A canal about 16 miles long would convey