Kissimmee
Watershed Environmental Conditions – 06/24/08:
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Over
the last seven days, the upper Kissimmee Basin received 2.28 inches of rainfall
to bring the 30 day total to 6.07 inches (96% of average), and the lower basin
received 2.22 inches to bring the 30 day total to 5.50 inches (89% of average)
(Daily Rainfall Report 6/23/08).
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With
the recent rainfall, water levels in most of the lakes are beginning to rise
but all remain below regulation schedule.
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In the upper
basin, snail kites continue to nest on East Lake Toho,
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Flow
has been reestablished to the
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River
water levels within the Kissimmee River Restoration Project area have been
rising and falling in response to rainfall events.
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Dissolved oxygen
concentrations in the river channel of the