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Over the last
seven days, the upper Kissimmee Basin received 1.48 inches of rainfall to bring
the 30 day total to 7.79 inches (116% of average), and the lower basin received
1.92 inches to bring the 30 day total to 8.77 inches (142% of average) (Daily
Rainfall Report 8/05/08).
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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, there are no known active snail kite nests at
this time, but there are still young being fed around nest sites on
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Flow is
approximately 540 cfs at S65 and 1850 cfs at S65C.
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The water level
in the area of the restoration project decreases by 4.7 feet from 39.4 feet
near the upstream end of the restored reach (station KRDR02) to 34.7 feet at
the downstream end (headwater stage at S-65C). Water depths on the
floodplain within the restoration project range from approximately 0.5 to 2.4
feet.
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From 7/29/08 to
8/05/08 dissolved oxygen concentrations in the