Temperature Model of Lake Roosevelt

Post Date

March 19th 2013

Application Due Date

April 2nd 2013

Funding Opportunity Number

R13SS10005

CFDA Number(s)

15.517

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Natural Resources

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Public and State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education

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

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $9401

• Award Range:

  $9401 - $9401

Grant Description

In 2011, Reclamation and Portland State University (PSU) entered into a cooperative agreement whereby PSU is to develop a temperature model of Lake Roosevelt, created by the Grand Coulee dam project. Development of this model affords the ability to evaluate operational and structural alternatives that can influence the regulation of water flow and temperature. It also has the potential to inform in-season watershed management decisions to reduce take, consistent with Section 14.5.2 of the 2008 Federal Columbia River Power System (FCRPS) Biological Opinion (BiOp). The benefit to constructing a temperature model of Lake Roosevelt allows for the future inclusion of other biological and water quality constituents. Additional funds are required for further evaluation of this project. Therefore, it is Reclamations intent to provide additional funds to PSU to perform peer review of multiple temperature model runs of Lake Roosevelt and Grand Coulee Dam. Peer review of model runs helps insure quality assurance and quality control (QA-QC) of Reclamationуs modeling effo

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  Bureau of Reclamation

• Agency Contact:

  Melinda Ritacco
  Financial Assistance Specialist
  Phone 208-378-5103

• Agency Mailing Address:

  mritacco@usbr.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  mritacco@usbr.gov

• Location:

  Bureau of Reclamation - Pacific Northwest Region

• More Information:

  www.grants.gov