Kissimmee Watershed Environmental Conditions
– 4/07/09:
- Over
the last seven days, the upper Kissimmee Basin received 0.57 inches of
rainfall and the lower Kissimmee Basin received 1.08 inches of (Daily
Rainfall Report 4/03/09).
- Stage
in Lakes Kissimmee, Hatchineha and Cypress is 1.18 ft
below regulation schedule.
- Lakes
Tohopekaliga and East Tohopekaliga are now at or very close to
their regulation schedules.
- Stage
in Lake Tohopekaliga
will be held at its current level until the gate at S61 can be
repaired. Once the gate is repaired, stage will be decreased
gradually to meet the target of 52 feet on 5/15/09.
- The Alligator chain of lakes is 0.65 ft below
regulation and Lake
Gentry is 0.68 ft
below regulation schedule.
- Lakes Hart and Mary Jane are 0.28 ft
below regulation schedule.
- Hydrilla treatments are scheduled for Lakes Kissimmee,
Hatchineha and Jackson
on 4/14/09
through 4/16/09.
- According
to the survey maps from 3/26/09, there are approximately 23 active nests on Lake Tohopekaliga, 2 on East Lake Tohopekaliga, 12 on Lake
Kissimmee and 6 on Lake Istokpoga.
- Discharge
from Lake Kissimmee continues at about 250 cfs.
- Discharge
at S65C is about 200 cfs and the low stage
target schedule has resumed (33 feet on May 15th unless there
is a large rain event).
- A
turbidity plume in lower Pool C was observed over the weekend. The
plume is likely a result of establishment of flow through the newly
constructed section of river channel and turbidity is expected to
dissipate in a short amount of time.
- Over
the last seven days, dissolved oxygen concentrations in the Kissimmee River ranged from 5.1 mg/L to 7.5 mg/L and
averaged 6.1 mg/L.
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