Kissimmee Watershed Environmental Conditions – 01/15/08

 

·        Over the last 7 days, the upper Kissimmee Basin received 0.16 inches of rainfall to bring the 30-day total to 0.49 inches, which was 20% of the long term average, and the lower basin received 0.01 inches to bring the 30-day total to 0.36 inches, which was 20% of average (Daily Rainfall Report 1/15/08).

·        Water levels in all of the upper basin lakes, except Lake Toho, have continued to decline.  All lakes are below regulation schedule.  Lakes Kissimmee Hatchineha and Cypress are approximately 2.5 ft below regulation level.

·        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 174 days (S-65 re-opened on 07/18/07). 

·        In the river channel of the Kissimmee River, the concentration of dissolved oxygen ranged from 4.4 mg/L to 6.4 mg/L (mean 6.6 mg/L) for the last six days.

 


 

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