Lake Okeechobee Conditions Report
July 1, 2008:
According
to the USACE web site, Lake
Okeechobee stage is 9.65’ NGVD,
which is 0.33’ higher than a week ago and 0.05’ higher than a month
ago. The current stage is 0.79’ higher than it was a year ago, 3.87’
below the historical average for this date, and 2.62’ below the simulated
historical average for the current regulation schedule (LORS2008).
Total reported inflows are approximately 2314 cfs and
include 352 cfs from the Kissimmee
River, 1279 cfs through the S71, 94 cfs through the S84, and 589 cfs
from the L8 at Canal Point. No flows are reported for S308 and S77, and
no outflows are reported.
The
third monthly apple-snail egg survey was conducted along transects across the
outer (flooded) edge of the littoral zone on June 25th.
Shallow water (<10 cm) limited the survey to the lakeward
edge of the transects. No apple snail eggs were
found using this truncated survey method. Previous research indicates
that apple snails do not lay eggs in water this shallow. Surveys during
the previous 2 months recorded only 29 egg clusters along 3 adjacent transects
near Indian Prairie Canal.
While additional remnant apple snail populations may be located as larger areas
of the littoral zone reflood, findings to date
indicate that they will be sparse and widely scattered.
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