Kissimmee Watershed Environmental Conditions – 04/29/08

 

·        Over the last seven days, the upper Kissimmee Basin received 0 inches of rainfall to bring the 30 day total to 3.61 inches (149% of average), and the lower basin received 0 inches to bring the 30 day total to 3.45 inches (153% of average) (Daily Rainfall Report 4/28/08).

·        During the last week, releases were increased from East Lake Tohopekaliga (S-59) to 160 cfs and from Lake Tohopekaliga (S-61) to 600 cfs.  Releases from Lake Kissimmee (S-65) were decreased from 1100 cfs to 700 cfs.  No other releases were made in the upper basin last week. 

·        Hydrilla treatment continued in Lake Cypress last week.      

·        The vegetation removal project in Lake Gentry should be completed this week.    

·        In the upper basin, snail kites continue to nest on East Lake Toho, Lake Toho, and Lake Kissimmee.  Nests on Lake Toho continue to represent a large fraction of the total number of snail kite nests in Florida

·        Flow has been reestablished to the Kissimmee River for 279 days (S-65 re-opened on 07/18/07).

·        With the decreasing inflow from the upper basin, overbank flow ended at most locations in the Phase I area of the Kissimmee River Restoration Project. The floodplain likely will be draining for several weeks.

  • Dissolved oxygen concentrations in the river channel of the Kissimmee River ranged from 3.6 mg/L to 7.1 mg/L with an average of 5.7 mg/L, which is a slight increase over the last report. 

 


 

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