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:
- Lake Tohopekaliga
– 36 nests
- East Lake Tohopekaliga
– 7 nests
- Lake Kissimmee – 16 nests
- Lake Hatchineha
– 1 nest
- Lake Jackson
– 1 nest
- 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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