Kissimmee Watershed Environmental Conditions – 02/05/08

 

·        Over the last 7 days, the upper Kissimmee Basin received 0 inches of rainfall to bring the 30-day total to 2.99 inches, which was 128% of the long term average, and the lower basin received 0 inches to bring the 30-day total to 1.04 inches, which was 56% of average (Daily Rainfall Report 2/4/08).

·        Water levels in the upper basin lakes appear to have stabilized from rainfall in recent weeks.  Water levels are at or below regulation schedules for respective lakes. 

·        Lake Kissimmee (S-65) continued discharging approximately 250 cfs to the Kissimmee River.  Releases from Lake Toho (S-61) have decreased from 700 cfs to 0 cfs.  No other releases are being made in the upper basin.

·        Flow has been reestablished to the Kissimmee River for 195 days (S-65 re-opened on 07/18/07). 

·        Dissolved oxygen concentrations in the river channel of the Kissimmee River ranged from 6 mg/L to 8.1 mg/L with an average of 8.1 mg/L.

 


 

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