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<br />3 <br /> <br /> <br />0019 <br /> <br />PART II <br />HISTORY OF INVESTIGATIONS <br /> <br />The Granada Project investigations were started in connection <br /> <br />with the Arkansas-\>hite-Red Rivers Basins Investigations. A recon- <br /> <br />naissance was made during the period 1951 to 1954 of an offstream <br /> <br />reservoir located astride the Colorado-Kansas State line on the <br /> <br />right side of the Arkansas River. The reservoir would have stored <br /> <br />surplus flows of the river for beneficial use in Colorado and Kansas <br /> <br />and provided some fish and wildlife benefits. The studies indicated <br /> <br />possible feasibility and the results were briefly covered in the AWR <br /> <br />report. "A Report on the Conservation and Development of the Water <br /> <br />and Land Resources", Part II, Section 2, Volume A, page 21. Further <br /> <br />investigation of the damsite led to its rejection because of the <br /> <br />excessive cost of cut-off trenches needed to assure a reasonably <br /> <br />watertight reservoir. As an alternate to the Granada site, consid- <br /> <br />eration was given to conservation storage in the potential Syracuse <br /> <br />multiple-purpose reservoir located about six miles upstream from <br /> <br />Syracuse, Kansas. This site which would provide benefits to Kansas <br /> <br />was reported by the Corps of Engineers in the above mentioned AWR <br /> <br />report . <br /> <br />A reconnaissance of the ground water development between <br /> <br />Holly, ColoradO, and the Colorado-Kansas State line and a study <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />of a reservoir site on Cheyenne Creek were made in 1956. Informa- <br /> <br />tion developed did not warrant further investigations. <br /> <br />In fiscal year 1958, the Bureau of Reclamation started a <br /> <br />feasibility investigation of the conservation and irrigation <br /> <br />function of the potential Syracuse Reservoir. These studies <br />