Selenium Characterization and Removal Study

Post Date

September 2nd 2010

Application Due Date

September 16th 2010

Funding Opportunity Number

R10SF30012

CFDA Number(s)

15.540

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Environment

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Other

This Funding Announcement is not a request for applications. This announcement is to provide public notice of Reclamation’s intention to fund the following project activities without full and open competition.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $169090

• Award Range:

  $169090 - $169090

Grant Description

This Cooperative Agreement is complementary to, and is the next step in the modeling efforts conducted by the Clean Water Coalition for the Selenium Management Plan. Various data that were partially generated from past Reclamation Agreements will be used to complete the work. Although not its primary purpose, the work will also help the Selenium Subcommittee of the Lake Mead Water Quality Forum meet its mission and goals. The scope of work is to up-scale existing selenium cycle data to the watershed/system level and to investigate the fate and transport of (to characterize and assess removal options) selenium in the Whitney Mesa area with the expectation that mitigation options to manage the LVW will be revealed. An overarching study plan will be developed and submitted to Reclamation as the first step. The study plan may detail but not be limited to detailing: field data collection activities (sampling locations, number of samples, etc.); existing data gathering steps; and analytical tools to be used (e.g., will a simple box model be used or a more complex model).

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  Bureau of Reclamation

• Agency Contact:

  Shawna Thompson
  Grants Officer
  Phone 702-293-8570

• Agency Mailing Address:

  smthompson@usbr.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  smthompson@usbr.gov

• Location:

  Bureau of Reclamation - Lower Colorado Region