Kissimmee
Watershed Environmental Conditions – 1/27/09:
- Over the last seven days, the upper Kissimmee
Basin received 0.09 inches of rainfall to bring the 30 day total to 0.42
inches (18% of average) and the lower Kissimmee Basin received 0.05 inches
of rain to bring the 30 day total to 0.31inches (17% of average) (Daily Rainfall
Report 1/26/09).
- Stage in Lakes Kissimmee, Hatchineha and Cypress
is 1.8 ft below regulation schedule and stage in Lakes Tohopekaliga
and East Tohopekaliga
is 0.6 ft below regulation schedule.
- On January 27, 2009 the South Florida
Water Management District in collaboration with the Florida Fish and
Wildlife Conservation Commission treated the final 200 acres of a targeted
7,181 acres of hydrilla in Lake Toho.
This treatment started on December 15, 2008, and after a break for the
holidays, resumed in early January. The herbicide used for this
treatment was applied aerially due to the massive areas of the lake that
had to be covered. Aquathol, a widely used
aquatic herbicide was used in liquid and pellet formulations to maximize
its effectiveness on hydrilla. Prior
to December 15, 2008, approximately 14,000 acres of hydrilla
was present in the lake.
- Snail kite courtship and nesting
behaviors are beginning to be observed around Lake Toho.
- Discharge from Lake Kissimmee
is approximately 324 cfs and discharge at S65C
is 362 cfs.
- The dry season drawdown of the Pool B/C area is
on track to reach a low stage target of 33 feet on or around May 15th
2009.
- Dissolved oxygen concentrations in the Kissimmee River are well above levels of concern.
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