Kissimmee Watershed Environmental Conditions
– 1/6/09:
- Over the last seven days, the Kissimmee Basin
has not received any measurable rainfall (Seven Day Raindar
Report 1/6/09).
- Stage in Lakes Kissimmee, Hatchineha
and Cypress is 1.5 ft below regulation
schedule and stage in Lakes Tohopekaliga and East Tohopekaliga is 0.5
ft below regulation schedule.
- Hydrilla treatments on Lake Tohopekaliga in
Goblet’s Cove and littoral areas will take place this Thursday and
Friday (1/8/09 and 1/9/09) instead of the week of January 12th
to accommodate a large fishing tournament that will take place next
week.
- Discharge from Lake Kissimmee
is approximately 325 cfs and discharge at S65C
is 325 cfs.
- The floodplain of the Kissimmee
River is essentially dry except in the southern end of Pool
B/C.
- Stage in C-38 north of the current backfilling
project is approximately 7-8 ft higher than south of the backfilling due
to water being conveyed around the active construction. In the event
of increased inflows through S65A, culverts can be opened to pass
additional water around/through the construction area.
- Dissolved oxygen concentrations in the Kissimmee River were well above levels of concern
over the past week.
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