Kissimmee Watershed Environmental Conditions – 08/12/08:

·        Over the last seven days, the upper Kissimmee Basin received 0.77 inches of rainfall to bring the 30 day total to 7.29 inches (108% of average), and the lower basin received 1.24 inches to bring the 30 day total to 9.43 inches (152% of average) (Daily Rainfall Report 8/11/08).

·        Water levels in all of the upper basin lakes are at or slightly below their regulation schedules.  Releases are being made from East Lake Tohopekaliga (290 cfs) and Lake Tohopekaliga (381 cfs)

·        Releases of 561 cfs are being made from Lake Kissimmee and discharge at S65C is approximately 1800 cfs.

·        Water depths on the floodplain within the restoration project range from approximately 0.4 to 2.3 feet and nearly all of the floodplain is inundated.

·        From 8/5/08 to 8/12/08 dissolved oxygen concentrations in the Kissimmee River ranged from 1.2 mg/L to 2.9 mg/L and averaged 1.9 mg/L.

 


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