Kissimmee Watershed Environmental Conditions – 12/18/07

 

·        During the last week, water levels in all of the upper basin lakes decreased slightly from evapotranspiration.  Water levels in Lakes Kissimmee, Hatchineha and Cypress are approximately 2 feet below regulation schedule. 

·        The only releases being made in the upper basin are at S-65, which is discharging approximately 250 cfs.

·        Flow has been reestablished to the Kissimmee River for 146 days (S-65 re-opened on 07/18/07). 

·        In the river channel of the Kissimmee River, the concentration of dissolved oxygen ranged from 6.3 mg/L – 8.0 mg/L (mean 6.9 mg/L) during the past week.

·        The slight algal bloom reported last week in Pool D and Pool C has dissipated.

·        Recent wading bird surveys found foraging flocks, dominated by glossy and white ibis, along the receding water line in the upstream portion of the Kissimmee River Restoration Project.  Foraging flocks of wading birds were not observed in the deeper ponded areas near S-65C.

 


 

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