Kissimmee Watershed Environmental Conditions – 01/22/08

 

·        The seven day raindar rainfall estimates indicate about 1.5 inches of rainfall over the upper basin and 0.5 inches over the lower basin for the time period 1/15/08 – 1/22/08.

·        With the recent rainfall, water levels in the upper basin lakes rose slightly, approximately 0.1 feet.  Water levels in the upper basin lakes are below regulation schedules except for Lake Toho, which is at the 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 181 days (S-65 re-opened on 07/18/07). 

·        In the river channel of the Kissimmee River, the concentration of dissolved oxygen ranged from 3.5 mg/L to 5.6 mg/L (mean 4.3 mg/L) for the last seven days.

·        Last week, a small algal bloom was observed in Pool C and D.

 


 

 Back to Lake Okeechobee Operations Main Page

Back to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers WSE Homepage