Data Collection and Model Development to Quantify Temperature Change to a Water Body Influenced by Subsurface Return Flow

Post Date

August 23rd 2011

Application Due Date

September 6th 2011

Funding Opportunity Number

11SS10005

CFDA Number(s)

15.507

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Environment
Natural Resources

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Public and State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $28000

• Award Range:

  $None - $28000

Grant Description

This Funding Announcement is not a request for applications. This announcement is to provide public notice of the Bureau of Reclamation•À_s intention to fund the following project activities without full and open competition. It is Reclamation•À_s intent to enter into a Cooperative Agreement with the University of Idaho (U of I) whereby the U of I will evaluate the potential for developing a model that can help answer the following question: Can changes in river temperature be quantified, in degrees and thermal units, as a result of subsurface water returns? The focus of this work is on numerical model improvements and methodologies to quantify the potential temperature change in the hyporheic zone and its influence on the thermal regime of a stream. By investigating the thermal benefit of returning irrigation drains via wetlands or subsurface pathways, and in turn quantifying the benefit, Reclamation can demonstrate compliance and effects to river reaches while complying with stipulated water quality standards and effectively satisfying its water delivery obligations. This type of analysis will be valuable when demonstrating temperature compliance with a proposed mitigation measure. This Cooperative Agreement will be entered into under the terms and conditions of the Pacific Northwest Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Unit Master Agreement.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  Bureau of Reclamation

• Agency Contact:

  Lisa Strong
  Acting Grants Management Specialist
  Phone 208-378-5138

• Agency Mailing Address:

  lstrong@usbr.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  lstrong@usbr.gov

• Location:

  Bureau of Reclamation - Pacific Northwest Region