Kissimmee Watershed Environmental Conditions – 07/29/08:

·        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).

·        Water levels continue to rise in all of the upper basin lakes including Lake Kissimmee.   Some lakes (Lakes Hart & Mary Jane, East Lake Tohopekaliga, and Lake Tohopekaliga) are approaching or have reached the summer plateau of the regulation schedule.  Releases are being made from Lakes Hart (96 cfs), East Tohopekaliga (453 cfs), and Tohopekaliga (1413 cfs).

·        In the upper basin, snail kites continue to nest on East Lake Toho, Lake Toho, and Lake Kissimmee.  

·        Flow is approximately 300 cfs at S65 and 2000 cfs at S65C.

·        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.

·        From 7/22/08 to 7/29/08 dissolved oxygen concentrations in the Kissimmee River ranged from 1.0 mg/L to 2.7 mg/L and averaged 1.8 mg/L.  Although concentrations have been below 2 mg/L for some time, no adverse effects have been reported.

 


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