Kissimmee Watershed Environmental Conditions
– 11/25/08:
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Over the
last seven days, the upper Kissimmee Basin received 0.0 inches of rainfall to
bring the 30 day total to 0.86 inches (34% of average) and the lower basin
received approximately 0.0 inches to bring the 30 day total to 0.47 inches (20%
of average). (Daily Rainfall Report 11/24/08).
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Stage in
Lakes Kissimmee, Hatchineha and Cypress is now
1.23 ft below regulation schedule and stage in Lakes Tohopekaliga and East Tohopekaliga is approximately 0.5 ft below
regulation schedule.
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FWC will
be conducting hydrilla treatments on Lake
Toho between mid-November
and mid-January.
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Discharge
from Lake Kissimmee is approximately 300 cfs and
discharge at S65C is 282 cfs.
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The
floodplain in the restored section of the Kissimmee River
is essentially dry except for the area immediately upstream of S65C and in
isolated wetlands scattered throughout the floodplain see graphic1. Stage in C-38 north
of the current backfilling project is approximately 7-8 ft higher than south of
the backfilling due to water being conveyed around the active backfilling see graphic2.
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From
11/18/08 to 11/25/08 dissolved oxygen concentrations in the Kissimmee
River ranged from 7.6 mg/L to 8.6 mg/L and averaged 8.1 mg/L.
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