Lake
Okeechobee Conditions Report September 18, 2007:
According
to the USACE web site, Lake
Okeechobee stage is 9.65’ NGVD,
which is 0.08’ higher than a week ago and 0.13’ higher than a month
ago. The current stage is 3.77’ lower than it was a year ago and
remains approximately 4’ below its historical average for this time of
year. Reported surface inflows are 1003 cfs
compared with 1039 cfs last week. These values
do not include gravity inflows through the S77 (not reported) and S308 (not
reported) structures. No surface outflows are reported.
Monthly
algal bloom monitoring was conducted on the 12th of September.
Four of the 10 monitoring sites were dry and 1 site was not sampled due to boat
problems. An algal bloom was present at 1 of remaining 5 survey
sites. Water quality data from this trip will be available later in the
month.
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