Estuarine Conditions as of May 13, 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 |
|
16.60 (15.16)
|
17.99
(16.13) |
|
HR1 (N. Fork) |
18.26 (16.88) |
20.64 (18.14) |
|
|
17.82 (16.07)
|
19.88
(18.81) |
8.0 – 25.0 |
A1A Bridge |
26.98 (26.56) |
30.19
(30.07) |
20.0 – 31.0 |
Average salinity increased
about 1.5 – 2 ppt in the South Fork, North Fork, and
Caloosahatchee Estuary
Current Conditions:
No discharge occurred through
S-79 during the past week. An average weekly discharge of 420 cfs
occurred at S-77and 75 cfs at S-78. The concentration of chlorides at the
Olga Plant was 276 ppm yesterday, up from 203 ppm at the beginning of this
reporting period. Current weekly averages (in bold) may be compared to last
week’s data (in parenthesis). Averages are based on data available for 5
of the 7 days.
|
Weekly Average Salinity
(ppt) |
|
Sampling Site |
Surface |
Bottom |
|
14.97 ( 16.12) |
15.73 (16.80)
|
Rt. 31 Bridge |
17.52 (15.90)
|
17.79 (18.07) |
I-75 Bridge |
18.60 ( 16.59 ) |
19.23 (18.70) |
|
23.60 (22.57)
|
23.70 (23.21) |
|
30.73 (29.47) |
31.10
(29.85) |
Shell Point |
35.38 (34.74) |
36.08 (35.54) |
Average salinities increased
about 1-2 ppt except for the station at S-79, which showed slight decrease.
Salinity at the
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brevis, the
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