Kissimmee Watershed Environmental Conditions – 07/22/08:

·        Over the last seven days, the upper Kissimmee Basin received 2.06 inches of rainfall to bring the 30 day total to 780 inches (113% of average), and the lower basin received 2.39 inches to bring the 30 day total to 10.07 inches (156% of average) (Daily Rainfall Report 7/21/08).

·        Water levels are rising 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.

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

·        Flow is approximately 200 cfs at S65 and 1800 cfs at S65C.

·        Water levels within the Kissimmee River Restoration Project area have been rising and falling in response to rainfall events.  The water level (headwater stage) at S-65C has been allowed to rise to 34 feet.

·        From 7/15/08 to 7/21/08 dissolved oxygen concentrations in the Kissimmee River ranged from 0.82 mg/L to 2.47 mg/L and averaged 1.5 mg/L.  Dissolved oxygen concentrations were lowest on Saturday 7/19/08 and have been increasing since then.

 


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