Kissimmee Watershed Environmental Conditions – 05/27/08

                                                                                                                                           

·        Over the last seven days, the upper Kissimmee Basin received 0.03 inches of rainfall, and the lower basin received 0.04 inches inches (Daily Rainfall Report 5/12/08).

·        During the last week, releases from the upper basin lakes were adjusted to allow water levels to decline with the regulation schedules.  Releases from East Lake Tohopekaliga (S-59) decreased to 176 cfs. No other released are being made currently in the upper basin as lake stages approximate their respective regulation schedules.

·        Releases from Lake Kissimmee (S-65) were decreased from 500 cfs to 220 cfs.    

·        In the upper basin, snail kites continue to nest on East Lake Toho, Lake Toho, and Lake Kissimmee.  Nests on Lake Toho continue to represent a large fraction of the total number of snail kite nests in Florida

·        Flow has been reestablished to the Kissimmee River for 307 days (S-65 re-opened on 07/18/07).  Flow is approximately 220 and250 cfs at S65 and at S-65C, respectively.

·        With the decreased inflow from the upper basin, water levels continue to decline across the Kissimmee River Restoration Project.  The headwater stage at S-65C has decreased to 33.61 feet.

·        Dissolved oxygen concentrations in the river channel of the Kissimmee River exceed the range of concern and average approximately 5.0 mg/L. 

 


 

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