Kissimmee Watershed Environmental Conditions – 09/16/08:

o       Over the last seven days, the upper Kissimmee Basin received 1.24 inches of rainfall to bring the 30 day total to 10.61 inches (161% of average).  The lower basin received approximately 0.17 inches to bring the 30 day total to 12.04 inches (196% of average).(Daily Rainfall Report 9/15/08).

o       Water levels in all of the upper basin lakes are very close to their regulation schedules.  Releases are being made from Lake Myrtle (70 cfs), East Lake Tohopekaliga (557 cfs), Lake Tohopekaliga (845 cfs), and The Alligator Chain (44 cfs).  All lake releases are lower than last week and releases from Lake Hart and Lake Gentry have ceased.

o       Discharge from Lake Kissimmee decreased from 4,000 > cfs to 1847 cfs and discharge at S65C is down from over 6,000 cfs to 3,320 cfs.  

o       Water depths on the floodplain within the restoration project have decreased by about 1.5 ft over the last week.  However, some areas are still as deep as 4.8 feet see attached

o       From 9/09/08 to 9/16/08 dissolved oxygen concentrations in the Kissimmee River ranged from 0.4 mg/L to 2.1 mg/L and averaged 1.0 mg/L.  DO concentrations are still below levels of concern at certain times and have decreased slightly over the past week.

 


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