Kissimmee Watershed Environmental Conditions – 04/08/08

 

·        Over the last seven days, the upper Kissimmee Basin received 3.57 inches of rainfall to bring the 30 day total to 4.27 inches (140% of average), and the lower basin received 3.39 inches to bring the 30 day total to 4.39 inches (160% of average) (Daily Rainfall Report 4/07/08).

·        The discharge from Lake Kissimmee (S-65) continues at approximately 1500-2000 cfs to continue a gradual water level recession and provide flow to the Kissimmee River.  Releases are no longer being made from Lake Toho (S-61) or East Lake Toho (S59).  Releases from Lake Gentry are being made at 970 cfs.  No other releases are being made in the upper basin.

·        Snail kites continue to nest on East Lake Toho, Lake Toho, and Lake Kissimmee

·        A whooping crane continues to nest on Lake Kissimmee.

·        Flow has been reestablished to the Kissimmee River for 258 days (S-65 re-opened on 07/18/07).

·        The inflow from the upper basin continues to inundate a portion of the floodplain in the Phase I area of the Kissimmee River Restoration Project. 

·        Dissolved oxygen concentrations in the river channel of the Kissimmee River ranged from 2.3 mg/L to 7.6 mg/L with an average of 3.8 mg/L.

 


 

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