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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS County
FROM: J. MICHAEL WALFORD, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR l.J
DATE: October 23, 1984
SUBJECT: Authorization of Funding for Research on San Luis Drain
Specific Requests or Recommendations b Background & Justification
RECOMMENDATION
Authorize the Auditor-Controller to issue a warrant for $1,250.00 to The Bay Institute of
San Francisco for a research project on the water quality effects of the proposed San Luis
Drain (7825-W.0.5290) Said money to come from the Contra Costa Water Agency funds.
BACKGROUND
At the September 10, 1984 meeting of the Water Committee, Mr. Bill Davoren, President of
The Bay Institute of San Francisco, made a presentation requesting funding from the Contra
Costa County Water Agency for a study concerning the impacts of selenium from the San
Joaquin Valley on fisheries in the Bay/Delta system. The Water Committee asked Mr. Davoren
to seek additional funding from other agencies and that, upon confirmation of matching
funding, the Water Committee would recommend to the Board of Supervisors to authorize
$1,250 of Contra Costa County Water Agency funding for the study.
The Bay Institute has been granted $5,000 from the Columbia Foundation of San Francisco to
conduct a two-part study of selenium. The first part consists of publishing and dissemi-
nating a hypothesis paper linking selenium and the decline of Bay/Delta fisheries. The
second part is an analysis of fish tissues for selenium.
The Water Committee and the Public Works Director recommend that the Board authorize $1,250
of funding from the Contra Costa County Water Agency to The Bay Institute of San Francisco
for the selenium studies.
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Other_Vote of Supervisors I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
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