This grant from the Center Advanced Decision Support for Water and Environmental Systems aims to provide analysis tools for flexible reservoir operations in the Klamath River basin. The project extends the SECURE Reservoir Operations Pilot Study to address the changing management landscape. It focuses on enhancing the RiverWare model for daily operations, including flood control, and involves stakeholders in developing operational policies. Recipients will review current operations, document changes, and assist in updating decision-making information. The deadline for this grant is August 14, 2018.
Opportunity ID: 307776
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | BOR-PN-18-N032 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Center Advanced Decision Support for Water and Environmental Systems |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Science and Technology and other Research and Development |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 15.560 — SECURE Water Act – Research Agreements |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Jul 31, 2018 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Aug 14, 2018 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Aug 14, 2018 |
| Archive Date: | Sep 13, 2018 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | – |
| Award Ceiling: | $160,000 |
| Award Floor: | $1 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Public and State controlled institutions of higher education |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | – |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Bureau of Reclamation |
| Description: |
This project will provide analysis tools for supporting flexible reservoir operations to address hydrologic conditions including droughts and floods to ensure water supply deliveries are met for the Klamath Project while also meeting instream flow requirements in the Klamath River.
The way in which the Klamath River is managed is expected to change substantially in the coming
years due to several ongoing activities in the watershed. This project will extend the goals of the SECURE Reservoir Operations Pilot Study for Upper Klamath Lake (Pilot Study) to encompass the unique changes and challenges that the Klamath River basin faces. Ongoing water management challenges make it critical to assess and evaluate existing tools and management strategies used by water managers in the basin. It is also critical to use what has been learned from the Pilot Study to further explore flexible reservoir operations in the Klamath River basin, as a way of informing water managers on adjusting operational policies in the face of the impending activities outlined above. This study seeks to extend the findings of the Pilot Study and Klamath River Basin Study by further developing and testing the existing RiverWare model so that it may be used for daily operations, including flood control. the University of Colorado Center for Advanced Decision Support for Water and Environmental Systems (CU-CADSWES), with the assistance of operators in Reclamation’s Klamath Basin Area, will develop a detailed understanding of current operations and how they have changed since the implementation of the 2013 Biological Assessment. The existing RiverWare model operational policies will be enhanced to represent current operations and facilitate daily decision making. Methods and tools for communicating model results with the stakeholder community will be developed and tested.
RECIPIENT INVOLVEMENT
• Review documentation of current Klamath River operations provided by Reclamation’s TSC
• Assist in documenting foreseeable changes in daily Klamath River Operations
• Assist in documenting existing KBAO spreadsheet operations model and decision making information.
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| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Nathan Moeller
Grantor Phone 208-378-5211 Email:nmoeller@usbr.gov |
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