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<br />32 <br /> <br /> <br />0047 <br /> <br />PART VIII <br />CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS <br /> <br />ConclusIons <br /> <br />There are limited winter and flood flows in the Upper Arkansas <br /> <br />River Basin in Kansas which could be conserved for beneficial use if <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />adequately regulatea. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The original plan for the potential Granada Project comprised <br /> <br />an off-stream reservoir astride the Colorado-Kansas boundary to <br /> <br />conserve surplus flood flows of the Arkansas River for beneficial <br /> <br />use. Geologic investigations of that site resulted in its re- <br /> <br />jection. An alternate is the potential Syracuse Reservoir of the <br /> <br />Corps of Engineers. Reclamation study of the Syracuse site must <br /> <br />await resumption of studies by the Corps. <br /> <br />The irrigatIon service area of the Granada Project, as origi- <br /> <br />nally planned, comprIsed the present irrigated area between the Colo- <br /> <br />rado-Kansas State line and Garden City. The present complex irriga- <br /> <br />tion pattern in this area, utilizing both ground and surface waters, <br /> <br />precludes completion of a factual determination of supplemental <br /> <br />water needs until the comprehensive' ground water supply being made <br /> <br />by the State of Kansas and the Geological Survey has been completed. <br /> <br />There are physical possibilities for the conservation and <br /> <br />utilization of this water resource either for irrigation, ground <br /> <br />water recharge, municipal and industrial water supply or recreation. <br /> <br />The most promising use appears to be i~rigation in the Garden City <br /> <br />area. <br /> <br />In view of the growing interest and need for recreational <br /> <br />facilities, further investigations should consider recreation and <br /> <br />flood control as primary purposes for reservoirs on White Woman <br /> <br />Creek and the main river. <br />