Kissimmee Watershed Environmental Conditions – 09/11/07

 

·        The upper Kissimmee Basin received 0.85 inches of rainfall over the last 7 days to bring the 30-day total to 3.52 inches (52% of average) and the lower basin received 1.21 inches to bring the 30-day total to 4.36 inches (70% of average) (Daily Rainfall Report for 09/10/07).

·        Stages in most of the upper basin lakes have been stable over the last seven days.

·        Stage at S65C headwaters has increased 0.5 feet in response to Kissimmee Division request to raise the stage to 35 feet over the next several weeks.

·        Snail kites continue to nest on Lake Tohopekaliga.     

·        Flow has been reestablished to the Kissimmee River for 55 days (S-65 re-opened on 07/18/07).  Discharge at S-65 continues at approximately 500 cfs

·        For the last week, the concentration of dissolved oxygen in the river channel has remained above thresholds of concern with mean daily values above 5 mg/L for the previous week.

 

 

 


 

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