Kissimmee Watershed
Environmental Conditions – 09/16/08:
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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