Estuarine
Conditions as of July 14, 2008
St. Lucie Estuary
Current Conditions:
There were no releases through S-80 from C-44 over the past
week. An average discharge of 265 cfs through S-48 from C-23 and 426 cfs
through S-49 from C-24 occurred over the past week. The current weekly average
salinities (in bold) at the four monitoring sites in the St. Lucie are given
below in parts per thousand (ppt), along with the previous week’s (in
parenthesis).
|
Weekly Average Salinity (ppt) |
|
|
Sampling Site |
Surface |
Bottom |
Envelope |
|
4.40 (6.91)
|
4.91 (8.06) |
|
HR1 (N. Fork) |
2.39 (7.47)
|
5.24 (11.67)
|
|
|
7.24 (11.39) |
8.79
(12.45) |
8.0 – 25.0 |
A1A Bridge |
15.00
(19.55) |
21.68 (20.12) |
20.0 – 31.0 |
Compared with salinities of the previous week, average
salinity in the estuary declined about 2 to 6 ppt except the bottom salinity at
A1A Bridge, which increased about 2 ppt.
Bottom salinity at
Caloosahatchee Estuary
Current Conditions:
An average weekly discharge of 1529 cfs occurred at
S-79. The concentration of chlorides at the Olga Plant was 81 ppm
yesterday, down from 102 ppm in the beginning of this reporting period.
Four day average from July 8th – July 11th (in bold) may be compared to last week’s data
(in parenthesis). Note: communication
problem reported.
|
Weekly Average Salinity (ppt) |
|
Sampling Site |
Surface |
Bottom |
|
4.17 (5.86)
|
4.45 (6.24) |
Rt. 31 Bridge |
5.08 (5.91) |
6.91 (8.63) |
I-75 Bridge |
4.52 (6.42) |
9.88
(12.03) |
|
11.05 (14.56) |
16.35
(17.18) |
|
19.42 (23.93) |
21.68 (24.45)
|
Shell Point |
29.29 (33.11) |
30.23
(33.36) |
Compared to last week, average salinities dropped between 1
ppt and 5 ppt. Average salinity at the
No Karenia
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