Kissimmee Watershed Environmental Conditions – 02/26/08

 

·        Over the last seven days, the upper Kissimmee Basin received approximately 0.37 inches of rainfall in the last seven days to raise the 117-day total to 4.96 inches (51% of average) and the lower basin received 0.58 inches to raise the 117-day total to 4.42 inches (57% of average) (Daily Rainfall Report 2/26/08).

·        Water levels in the upper basin lakes are at or below their regulation schedules. 

·        Lake Kissimmee (S-65) continued discharging approximately 250 cfs to the Kissimmee River.  Releases of 900 cfs are being made from Lake Toho (S-61) and of 200 cfs from East Lake Toho to allow a more gradual water level recession during the snail kite nesting season.  No other releases are being made in the upper basin.

·        In the upper basin, snail kites continue to nest on East Lake Toho and Lake Toho.  Several additional nests have been reported in Lake Toho.

·        A whooping crane nest with eggs has been reported on Lake Kissimmee.

·        Flow has been reestablished to the Kissimmee River for 216 days (S-65 re-opened on 07/18/07). 

·        Dissolved oxygen concentrations in the river channel of the Kissimmee River ranged from 5.5 mg/L to 8.6 mg/L with an average of 7.3 mg/L.

 


 

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