WCA -
Rainfall:
Total precipitation
(in inches) for the week, starting in the North, was WCA1=1.6, WCA2A=1.6;
WCA2B=3.0; WCA3A=1.8; WCA3B=1.8; ENP=1.7. The total estimated evaporation for
the week was 1.52 inches (see srs.pdf),
thus most areas had neither a surplus or a deficit water budget for the
week, except for area 2B (see attached
gif).
Water
Conservation Areas:
As would be
expected with a balanced water budget, most gauges across the
Water levels
were unchanged from last week in the southern part of Taylor Slough, at
Craighead Pond (CP). Across all other areas of the Park, though, stages
declined. In SRS at P33, water level dropped slightly (by nearly
0.4”). Water level in the ENP panhandle (at EVER6) saw a decline of 1.2”.
Once again
Despite lower
water levels, salinity across FL Bay was generally stable. Salinity at
Trout Ck. remained below 5 psu for another week. The platform at the
mouth of Little Madeira Bay held for a second week near 20 psu. Salinity
in the TR ponds was very low all week at ~ 1 psu at Pond 5 and Argyle
Hendry. The 30 d moving average concentration at TR continues to slowly
decline, remaining well below the 30 psu point (at 0.8 psu as of Sunday
7/22). Salinity concentrations held steady again this week in the
north-central Bay area of
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