Lake Okeechobee Conditions Report
July 10, 2007:
According
to the USACE web site, Lake
Okeechobee stage is 9.10’ NGVD
today which is 0.28’ higher than it was a week ago and 0.12’
higher than it was a month ago. Surface inflows are 1537 cfs. and surface outflows are not
reported due to missing S77 and S308 data.
The
monthly SAV sampling is complete and 15 of the 23
sites visited had plants. Last month 9 of the 20 sites visited had
plants. A total of 43 sites were dry which is similar to last month.
Moderate to dense beds of Chara were observed off of the
northwest tip of Ritta
Island and east of Kreamer Island in Pelican
Bay. Sparse to moderate Chara was also observed along the western shore from
Clewiston to the Cochran’s Pass area. Very sparse Chara
is beginning to appear along the northern shore in the Tin House Cove area and
west of King’s Bar. Light penetration is
excellent with Secchi Depth to Total Depth ratios of
1.0 at all sites indicating most of the light is reaching the bottom in the nearshore areas.
In
the past 2 weeks, approximately 5000 acres of the previously burned marsh areas
in Indian Prairie and north of the Moore Haven canal were treated for torpedograss regrowth.
The
in-lake muck removal efforts are complete and approximately 1.9 million cubic
yards of phosphorus-rich muck were removed from the lake bottom.
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