Kissimmee Watershed Environmental Conditions – 10/09/07

 

·        The upper Kissimmee Basin received 1.97 inches of rainfall over the last 7 days to bring the 130 day total to 28.26 inches (100% of average) and the lower basin received 1.10 inches to bring the total for the last 130 days to 27.20 inches (102% of average).  (Daily Rainfall Report for 10/09/07).

·        In most of the upper basin lakes, stage has risen approximately 0.3 feet in the last seven days.

·        Snail kites continue to nest on Lake Tohopekaliga (No update since September 21). 

·        Approximately 250 cfs continues to be released from Lake Tohopekaliga (S-61) and is being held in Lakes Cypress, Hatchineha, and Kissimmee.  

·        Flow has been reestablished to the Kissimmee River for 82 days (S-65 re-opened on 07/18/07).  Discharge at S-65 continues at approximately 500 cfs

·        In the channel of the Kissimmee River, dissolved oxygen sensors have been repaired.  Mean daily concentrations of dissolved oxygen have been 3.25 mg/L to 4.4 mg/L.

 


 

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