Estuarine Conditions as of May 20, 2008
St. Lucie Estuary
Current Conditions:
There were no releases
through S-80 from C-44, S-49 from C-24, and S-48 from C-23 over the past
week. The current weekly average salinities (in bold) at the four
monitoring sites in the St. Lucie are given below in parts per thousand (ppt),
along with the previous week’s (in parenthesis).
|
Weekly Average Salinity
(ppt) |
|
|
Sampling Site |
Surface |
Bottom |
Envelope |
|
19.24 (16.60)
|
20.81
(17.99) |
|
HR1 (N. Fork) |
20.62 (18.26) |
22.85 (20.64) |
|
|
22.95 (17.82)
|
24.22
(19.88) |
8.0 – 25.0 |
A1A Bridge |
30.30 (26.98) |
31.83
(30.19) |
20.0 – 31.0 |
Average salinity increased
about 3 ppt in North Fork and South Fork, 5 ppt at
Caloosahatchee Estuary
Current Conditions:
No discharge occurred through
S-79 during the past week. An average weekly discharge of 184 cfs
occurred at S-77and 102 cfs at S-78. The concentration of chlorides at
the Olga Plant was 237 ppm yesterday, down from 276 ppm in the beginning of
this reporting period. Current weekly averages (in bold) may be compared to
last week’s data (in parenthesis).
|
Weekly Average Salinity
(ppt) |
|
Sampling Site |
Surface |
Bottom |
|
16.74 ( 14.97) |
17.25 (15.73)
|
Rt. 31 Bridge |
17.67 (17.52)
|
18.67 (17.79) |
I-75 Bridge |
18.64 ( 18.60 ) |
20.08 (19.23) |
|
24.41 (23.60)
|
24.56 (23.70) |
|
31.47 (30.73) |
32.13
(31.10) |
Shell Point |
35.67 (35.38) |
36.38 (36.08) |
Average salinities increased
about 1 ppt throughout the estuary. Salinity at the
FWRI reports that no Karenia
brevis, the
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