Kissimmee
Watershed Environmental Conditions – 07/29/08:
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Over the last
seven days, the upper Kissimmee Basin received 2.49 inches of rainfall to bring
the 30 day total to 8.19 inches (122% of average), and the lower basin received
2.64 inches to bring the 30 day total to 10.46 inches (168% of average) (Daily
Rainfall Report 7/28/08).
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Water levels
continue to rise in all of the upper basin lakes including
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In the upper
basin, snail kites continue to nest on East Lake Toho,
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Flow is
approximately 300 cfs at S65 and 2000 cfs at S65C.
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The
water level in the area of the restoration project decreases by 3.16 feet from
37.42 feet near the middle of the restored reach (station KRBN) to 34.26 feet
at the downstream end (headwater stage at S-65C). A portion of the
floodplain within the restoration project is now inundated.
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From 7/22/08 to
7/29/08 dissolved oxygen concentrations in the