Kissimmee Watershed Environmental Conditions
– 4/14/09:
- Over
the last seven days, the upper Kissimmee Basin received 0.03 inches of
rainfall and the lower Kissimmee Basin received 0.05 inches to bring the
monthly totals to 1.10 (38% of average) and 1.71 (66% of average) inches
respectively (Daily Rainfall Report 4/13/09).
- Stage
in Lakes Kissimmee, Hatchineha and Cypress is
approximately 1 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 0.57 ft below
regulation and Lake
Gentry is 0.61 ft
below regulation schedule.
- Lakes Hart and Mary Jane are 0.25 ft
below regulation schedule.
- Hydrilla treatments are scheduled for Lakes Kissimmee,
Hatchineha and Jackson
on 4/14/09
through 4/16/09.
- Snail
kites continue to nest on Lake Tohopekaliga, East
Lake Tohopekaliga, Lake
Kissimmee and Lake Istokpoga.
- Discharge
from Lake Kissimmee continues at about 250 cfs.
- Discharge
at S65C is about 350 cfs and the low stage
target schedule has resumed (33 feet on May 15th unless there
is a large rain event).
- Over
the last seven days, dissolved oxygen concentrations in the Kissimmee River ranged from 5.3 mg/L to 8.6 mg/L and
averaged 6.9 mg/L.
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