Kissimmee Watershed Environmental Conditions – 4/21/09:

  • Over the last seven days, the upper Kissimmee Basin received 0.62 inches of rainfall and the lower Kissimmee Basin received 0.49 inches (Daily Rainfall Report 4/21/09).
  • Stage in Lakes Kissimmee, Hatchineha and Cypress is 0.68 ft below regulation schedule.
  • Lakes Tohopekaliga and East Tohopekaliga are now at or very close to their regulation schedules.
  • The Alligator chain of lakes is 0.43 ft below regulation and Lake Gentry is 0.47 ft below regulation schedule.
  • Lakes Hart and Mary Jane are very close to regulation schedule.
  • Preliminary numbers for the most recent snail kite nesting survey are as follows:
    1. Lake Tohopekaliga – 36 nests
    2. East Lake Tohopekaliga – 7 nests
    3. Lake Kissimmee – 16 nests
    4. Lake Hatchineha – 1 nest
    5. Lake Jackson – 1 nest
    6. Lake Istokpoga – 7 nests
  • Discharge from East Lake Tohopekaliga and Lake Tohopekaliga is 225 cfs and 660 cfs, respectively.
  • Discharge from Lake Kissimmee continues at about 250 cfs but will need to be increased to approximately 1000 cfs soon to stay within the regulation schedule. 
  • The floodplain of the Kissimmee River is essentially dry.
  • A slight turbidity plume (presumably from the ongoing construction) is visible in lower Pool B/C and northern Pool D.
  • Wading bird numbers are low except around drying pools near the active construction area in northern Pool B/C.
  • Discharge at S65C is about 350 cfs.
  • Over the last seven days, dissolved oxygen concentrations in the Kissimmee River ranged from 4.8 mg/L to8.5 mg/L and averaged 7.1 mg/L.

 


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