Lake Okeechobee Conditions Report August 7, 2007:

 

According to the USACE web site, Lake Okeechobee stage is 9.46’ NGVD today which is 0.27’ higher than it was a week ago and 0.43’ higher than it was a month ago. Surface inflows are 3276 cfs. and surface outflows are not reported due to missing S77 and S308 data.

This week we began our annual Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (SAV) mapping effort.  The entire submerged plant community of the lake is mapped with an intensive program that includes over 700 sites around the shoreline (grid map attached).  The abundance of SAV at each site (center of each grid cell) is documented and the total number of acres of each dominant plant species is determined and coverage maps are developed.

An increase in algal bloom formations is anticipated as nutrient rich runoff increases with increased rainfall.  

 


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