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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