LORS 2008 Implementation on 11/03/09:

Stages in Lake Okeechobee are now in the Base Flow Band.  Tributary inflows continue to decrease and are nearing the “dry” category.  The seasonal outlook for net inflow into the Lake is for very wet conditions. The multi-seasonal outlook is also very wet.

 

The 2008 LORS Release Guidance Flowchart calls for releases up to 450 cfs at S-79 and up to 200 cfs at S-80.  Given current estuary conditions, the District recommends discharge to the Caloosahatchee and Saint Lucie Estuaries continue to be limited to basin run-off.

 

Because conditions are nearing the “dry” band according to the 2008 LORS Release Guidance Flowchart, no Lake Okeechobee releases to the WCAs are recommended.

 

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