Kissimmee Watershed Environmental Conditions – 05/20/08

                                                                                                                                           

·        Over the last seven days, the upper Kissimmee Basin received 0.02 inches of rainfall to bring the 30 day total to 0.15 inches (5% of average), and the lower basin received 0.01 inches to bring the 30 day total to 0.08 inches (3% of average) (Daily Rainfall Report 5/19/08).

·        Releases from East Lake Tohopekaliga (S-59) continued at 180 cfs. Releases from Lake Tohopekaliga (S-61) ceased today.  Releases from the Alligator Chain (S-60) ceased.  Releases from Lake Gentry decreased to 60 cfs.  Releases from Lake Kissimmee (S-65) continued at 400 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 300 days (S-65 re-opened on 07/18/07). 

·        With the decreased inflow from the upper basin, water levels continue to decline across the Kissimmee River Restoration Project. The water level at Weir 3, near the upstream end of the Phase I area, has fallen about 0.75 ft in the last week to 37.03 feet.  The headwater stage at S-65C has decreased 0.49 feet to 33.97 feet, so that the water surface elevation decreases by 3.06 feet from the upstream end to the downstream end of the restoration project. 

·        Dissolved oxygen data are currently unavailable due to technical difficulties.

 


 

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