Kissimmee Watershed Environmental Conditions – 01/08/08

 

·        Over the last 7 days, the upper Kissimmee Basin received 0.09 inches of rainfall to bring the 30-day total to 0.54 inches, which was 23% of the long term average, and the lower basin received 0.27 inches to bring the 30-day total to 0.94 inches, which was 53% of average (Daily Rainfall Report 1/7/08).

·        Water levels in all of the upper basin lakes, except Lake Toho, have continued to decline.  All lakes are below regulation schedule. 

·        The only releases being made in the upper basin are at S-65, which is discharging approximately 250 cfs.

·        Flow has been reestablished to the Kissimmee River for 167 days (S-65 re-opened on 07/18/07). 

·        In the river channel of the Kissimmee River, the concentration of dissolved oxygen ranged from 3.9 mg/L to 7.1 mg/L (mean 6.0 mg/L) for the last seven days.

 


 

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