Kissimmee Watershed Environmental
Conditions – 10/30/07
·
Over
the last 7 days, the upper Kissimmee
Basin received 0.13
inches of rainfall and the lower basin received 0.13 inches (Daily Rainfall
Report for 10/29/07).
·
For the last
week, water levels have risen slightly in most of the upper basin lakes.
Four lakes (Hart, East Tohopekaliga,
Tohopekaliga, and Gentry) are approaching the high
pool (maximum allowed) in the regulation schedule. The only releases
being made in the upper basin are at S-65.
·
Flow
has been reestablished to the Kissimmee River
for 104 days (S-65 re-opened on 07/18/07). Discharge at S-65 continues at
approximately 500 cfs.
·
In the river
channel of the Kissimmee River, mean
daily concentrations of dissolved oxygen have been from 2 mg/L to 4 mg/L.
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